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The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory
Many attempts at understanding auditory verbal hallucinations have tried to explain why there is an auditory experience in the absence of an appropriate stimulus. We suggest that many instance of voice-hearing should be approached differently. More specifically, they could be viewed primarily as hal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463863/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26124738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00817 |
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author | Deamer, Felicity Wilkinson, Sam |
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description | Many attempts at understanding auditory verbal hallucinations have tried to explain why there is an auditory experience in the absence of an appropriate stimulus. We suggest that many instance of voice-hearing should be approached differently. More specifically, they could be viewed primarily as hallucinated acts of communication, rather than hallucinated sounds. We suggest that this change of perspective is reflected in, and helps to explain, the successes of two recent therapeutic techniques. These two techniques are: Relating Therapy for Voices and Avatar Therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-44638632015-06-29 The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory Deamer, Felicity Wilkinson, Sam Front Psychol Psychology Many attempts at understanding auditory verbal hallucinations have tried to explain why there is an auditory experience in the absence of an appropriate stimulus. We suggest that many instance of voice-hearing should be approached differently. More specifically, they could be viewed primarily as hallucinated acts of communication, rather than hallucinated sounds. We suggest that this change of perspective is reflected in, and helps to explain, the successes of two recent therapeutic techniques. These two techniques are: Relating Therapy for Voices and Avatar Therapy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4463863/ /pubmed/26124738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00817 Text en Copyright © 2015 Deamer and Wilkinson. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Deamer, Felicity Wilkinson, Sam The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory |
title | The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory |
title_full | The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory |
title_fullStr | The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory |
title_full_unstemmed | The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory |
title_short | The speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory |
title_sort | speaker behind the voice: therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463863/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26124738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00817 |
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