Psychotherapy and social support.

Barker, Chris; Pistrang, Nancy

doi:10.1016/s0272-7358(01)00101-5

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Psychotherapy and social support.

Barker, Chris, Pistrang, Nancy·2002·Clinical Psychology Review

DOI 10.1016/s0272-7358(01)00101-5

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Psychotherapy interactions and social support conversations have many similarities, as well as some important differences. Researchers studying these two manifestations of psychological helping--often known as formal and informal helping--usually apply a separate set of concepts and methods to each and tend to locate their work in separate bodies of literature. This paper argues that such a division of the field is unnecessary and unproductive. It outlines several ways in which the two bodies of literature might inform each other and argues for conceptual integration of the two fields.

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Authors: Barker, C., & Pistrang, N.
Affiliations: University College London (GB)
Corresponding author: Barker, Chris
ORCID: Barker, Chris
Pistrang, Nancy
Venue: Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2002-04
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Pages: 361-379
ISSN: 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7358(01)00101-5
OpenAlex: W50568138
Cited by: 76
References: 122
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI: 0.61
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
Keywords: psychotherapy, social support, informal helping, conceptual blending, helping relationship, conversation analysis
MeSH terms: Humans, Psychotherapy, Social Support, Interdisciplinary Communication, Biomedical Research

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