Understanding what transpires in therapeutic conversations is as complex as the humans
who are engaged in them. Inspired by the natural sciences, mainstream research in …

Psychotherapy process research takes us beyond answering the question,'does
psychotherapy work?'This area of research aims to study the hows and whats that happen …

This paper explores the question “What is dialogue?” and its relevance to therapeutic
practice through a dialogically structured conversation between two members of the person …

In this article, we want to discuss Tom Andersen's focus on the role of certain special kinds of
'arresting','moving','living', or 'poetic moments' occurring in therapeutic dialogues. In doing …

This response to the commentaries by Michael Basseches and Patrick Luyten underlines the
dialogic–dialectical and hermeneutic–phenomenological nature of process-oriented …

Postmodern approaches to therapy have been greatly informed by developments in social
constructionist theory. Paralleling these innovations have been similarly informed …

Recent social constructionist and dialogical approaches to psychotherapy have pointed to
the usefulness of attending to language, meaning and dialogue in conceptualising client …

This paper outlines a proposal regarding the essential elements that I believe should be
included in a dialogically based research approach to psychotherapy and discusses the …

There is the common believe that data and theory are two distinct poles on the same
scientific continuum. This notion is enriched with ideas from the fields of psychoanalysis …

This chapter presents an overview of the research programme that is being developed in our
research centre addressing narrative change processes in psychotherapy. Our departing …