DIALOGIC DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DIALOGUE: MICROANALYSIS OF RELEVANT PSYCHOTHERAPY EPISODES

Abstract

This paper shows a microanalysis of episodes of therapeutic change and ruptures of the alliance using Dialogic Discourse Analysis as a method that makes it possible to detect discursive strategies in psychotherapeutic dialogue. Four relevant episodes, two of therapeutic change and two of ruptures of the alliance, from different sessions of a long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy were analyzed using a qualitative methodology. Results showed linguistic features of change and rupture. In the latter, linguistic markers were identified, which highlighted the connection between the rupture of the alliance, its resolution, and change. The use and advantages of this microanalytic method are discussed.