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Autoethnography and Therapy Writing on the Move

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ID2385348
AuthorsJeannie K Wright (Massey University College of Education, Palmerston North, Aotearoa New Zealand), Jeannie Wright (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume15
Issue4
Pages623-640
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800408329239
OpenAlexW2039789968
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited22

In this article, migration as a major life "transition" is examined using autoethnographic vignettes. The methodological dominance of objectivist and positivist approaches to research in counseling and psychotherapy is critiqued alongside "stages" theories of the experience of transition and loss. Claims for expressive and reflective writing as an active and creative form of therapy, akin to music, art, and drama therapy, are examined within a feminist tradition of "confessional writing

Aesthetics · Art · Autoethnography · Confessional · Drama · Epistemology · Literature · Objectivism · Positivism · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Gender Studies · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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Unique citing works15
Citations per year1,07
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 15
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