View/Open - Scholarly Commons Home

Transcript of the beginning of Session 10 149
The beginning of the session – a researcher summary account 163
Considering an extract from the transcript as a Sticky Moment 165
Table 5.1 Extract from the beginning part of Session 10 167
The beginning of the session – a researcher summary account resumes 168
The section of discussion up to the break 169
The break 170
The section after the break 170
ANALYSIS 172
A sequence 172
One student presents herself as a mother 172
Table 5.2 A fragment of interaction from the transcript on Page 147 173
There is a style of talk
which reflects the group getting into an associative mode 174
Table 5.3 – A fragment of interaction from the transcript on Page 148 175
Sadistic pleasure is expressed at the thought of disrupting creativity 175
A series of pairs of people get alongside and face each other 176
The group try to tell of their struggle
and try to bring it into the here-and-now 176
There is a sense of an impulse
(which the group seems to find it difficult to express) 177
One staff member subtly attacks the group,
but then in turn is attacked in the break by the other staff member 177
After the break, the group work well at their core task 178
INTERPRETATION 179
Conclusion – findings, both methodological and substantive 182
Table 5.4 A summary of description, analysis and interpretation
of data in Chapter Five 184
Chapter Six – Part of a Session
(The Eruption - Session 8) 185
INTRODUCTION 185
Theoretical and philosophical framing of the study 185
The aims of this chapter 186
The session and the moment 187
Table 6.1 Transcript of an extract from Session 8 188
DESCRIPTION An outline of the whole session 189
ANALYSIS – THEMES AND ISSUES IN THE DISCUSSION 192
To be at the gym with my mates … 193
Managing counter-transference 194
Managing distance in therapeutic relationships 195
The break 196
The culture of the group 197
Rivalry 197
Keeping up spirits in chaos 198
Abandonment 199
INTERPRETATION – MEANING AROUND THE MOMENT 200
INTERPRETATION – THEMES APPARENT IN THE SESSION 202
Conclusion – findings, both methodological and substantive 204
Table 6.2 A summary of description, analysis and interpretation
of data in Chapter Six 206
iv