A comparison of everyday and therapeutic talk

该项目旨在装备治疗师，以支持客户克服精神困扰。心理治疗是治疗精神困扰的一种既定方法，但治疗与与家人或朋友的支持性对话有何不同仍不清楚。该项目将使用文本分析软件和对话分析来确定讨论个人问题的治疗方法及其与治疗结果的关联。了解这种关联有望使治疗师能够使用最有可能使客户受益的沟通实践。

This project aims to equip therapists to support clients to overcome mental distress. Psychotherapy is an established approach for treating mental distress, but how therapy differs from supportive conversations with family or friends remains unclear. The project will use text analytic software and conversation analysis to identify therapeutic ways of discussing personal troubles and their association with therapeutic outcomes. Understanding this association is expected to enable therapists to use communication practices that are most likely to benefit clients.