A conversation analysis of communicative changes in a time-limited psychotherapy group for mothers with post-natal depression

Objective: To examine qualitatively changes occurring in discussions within a time-limited psychotherapy group for mothers with post-natal depression.Method: Discussions occurring in a group that comprised five mothers and a therapist were recorded over the course of six one-hour therapeutic sessions. Participants had been referred or had self-referred to the group on the basis of having post-natal depression. The recorded discussions were...