A LACANIAN DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF VICTIMHOOD IN THE SPEECH OF PATIENTS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

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2023-11-2

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Özkan, Aylin

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Based on social constructivist and relativist perspectives, this study conducted a qualitative examination of constructed victimhood in speech, specifically within the context of psychotherapy sessions. It is aimed to analyze both the construction of victimhood in speech and what this construction produces in sessions. The analysis of the results revealed the existence of subjective signifiers and variations in how victimhood is constructed in speech differently across various clinical structures. Additionally, the reinforcing effect of imaginary knowledge of self and others on the construction of victimhood in speech, positioning for recognition and repetition of victimhood in the therapist-patient relationship, active passivity, and resistance towards acknowledging responsibility of the unconscious were interpreted as central components of the victimhood emerging in the speech of patients. Furthermore, these analyses were discussed within the context of psychoanalytic perspective and praxis.

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Victimhood, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, Lacanian Discourse Analysis

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/105964

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis