Reflections on Reflecting as a Dialogic Accomplishment in Counseling

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Abstract
In this exploratory study, the author examines reflection as a dialogic phenomenon constructed in the back-and-forth of counseling dialogue. He videotaped and microanalyzed 11 one-hour lifestyle consultations for the conversational practices used by counselors and clients in collaboratively reflecting on developments in their dialogues. He then invited counselors and clients back to comment on their participation in videotaped passages of their dialogue selected for microanalysis, thus permitting a juxtaposition of their retrospective comments with the analysis. The author considers the results from this study with respect to training counselors and for pointing new ways to widen the evidence base with respect to interventions in counseling, particularly social constructionist approaches.