Recent Question/Assignment

we are supposed to Choose a journal article, archival document of the counselling, psychotherapy or art therapy professions that is relevant to clinical and/or research practice.
Give a close reading and critical account of this document by analysing the following: ­ What are the implicit assumptions and theories about counselling, psychotherapy and/or art therapy in this document?
What dominant discourses and narratives can you identify?
What do these discourses and narratives do? ­
How is the therapist and/or researcher positioned in this document?
How are the clients and/or research participants positioned and described/ 'produced'?
Whose language is used for this description? ­ Who speaks and who is spoken for?
What is left out of the picture or relegated to context or background knowledge?
What might be made visible if these were foregrounded? ­ Is there a submerged/ different story that might usefully be told?
Notes: • Please include the document you have analysed as an Appendix to your submitted assessment. • Make sure you have completed the readings for Workshop 5 on discourse analysis before attempting this assignment.