BIAGI-BORGES, André Luiz De    RASERA, Emerson Fernando. The use of drawings in couple therapy. []. , 29, 3, pp.495-517. ISSN 0103-5665.

Couple therapy has traditionally restricted its interest to verbal language, giving little consideration to other linguistic forms. In order to investigate alternative therapeutics, the present study sought to further understand the relational processes of co-construction of meaning through the creation of drawings, in the clinical setting. Methodologically, the data were collected using video recordings of three couples. Data analysis, grounded in social poetics, included the transcripts of all sessions, followed by readings of these transcripts that enabled identification of different uses of the drawings. These included: (a) promote discussion inviable because of tension; (b) signal the focus and selection of the discussion; (c) explore the as yet unsaid in the discussion; (d) strengthen descriptions and narratives of the conversation and (e) summarize the evaluative process. It was concluded that the drawing constitutes a new language, which when incorporated into the usual, allows for the learning of innovative attitudes and the production of new meanings.

: drawings; couple therapy; social poetics.

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