Abstract
Family therapy literature has emphasized the importance of examining contextual variables in supervision. This study explored how the talk of race, ethnicity, and culture is accomplished within the supervision session using conversation analysis. Conversation analysis is a naturalistic and descriptive methodology that examines patterns across naturally occurring conversations. The results indicated that the participants accomplished four domains of talk that involved the discourse of race, ethnicity, or culture. These domains included contextual markers, self of the therapist issues, cross cultural issues in the therapeutic relationship and cultural issues affecting the supervisory relationship. Implications for supervision and future directions are discussed.
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Lawless, J.J., Gale, J.E. & Bacigalupe, G. The Discourse of Race and Culture in Family Therapy Supervision: A Conversation Analysis. Contemporary Family Therapy 23, 181–197 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011198219209
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