Oliver, Gary R. (2016) 'I Hesitate to Say to You': Advice as a Case of Co-Constructed Therapy. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine how advice is co-produced as an interactional activity. Advice is the proffering of a future course of action. Prior research concludes that it is a delicate matter which the proponent can address by tactics. There has been no research examining advice in real-life psychological therapy. Using Discursive Psychology as the meta-theoretical framework, psychological consultations between psychologists and clients in a university psychology clinic is examined to uncover how the psychologist and client co-construct the advice. Three instances are examined in detail with reference to the staged interaction of advice. The three broad contributions complement each other. First, the concept of advice is clarified. Second the initiation of advice is shown to involve either psychologist or client. Third the delivery of advice is shown as being co-produced not the result of a cognitive decision of the by the psychologist. Fourth advice can be accepted, resisted or further negotiated. No generalisations are proposed but there is still the limitation of the small number of examples and the lack of video on which to base the transcription. Future research can overcome these shortcomings and explore psychological consultations with different levels of difficulty. A practical outcome is the ability to use the examples in training to have psychologists understand how advice is co-constructed to increase their awareness and repertoire of responses during initiation, delivery and reception of advice.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Andrea Lamont-Mills |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2025 00:30 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2025 00:30 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | advice ; conversation analysis ; discursive psychology ; psychologist ; therapy ; training |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52632 |
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