Journal Reviews

Humour to improve clinician - patient interactions

7 January 2020 | | Speech and Language Therapy | aphasia, language disorder, pragmatics, social interaction, stroke

This study examined the role of humour employed by the speech language graduate student during their one-on-one therapy sessions with people with aphasia (PWA). The students used humour to soften the errors made by the clients; to equalise interactional power;...

Do you really like me? Is it, Is it therapy?

7 January 2020 | | Speech and Language Therapy | interaction, psychometrics, psychosocial

Therapeutic alliance describes what happens in the interactions and relationships between the client and the therapist. There is evidence from mental health literature that a therapeutic alliance can have a significant impact on outcomes. A negative alliance can lead to...