CfP: Interpreter-mediated Psychotherapy: Dimensions of Interaction in a triadic setting (Special Issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics)

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Categories (tags)	Uncategorized, Conversation analysis, Psychotherapy, Call for papers, Applied linguistics
Dates	- 2026/04/01
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CfP: Interpreter-mediated Psychotherapy: Dimensions of Interaction in a triadic setting (Special Issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics):

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Call for Papers

Special Issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics: "Interpreter-mediated Psychotherapy: Dimensions of Interaction in a triadic setting"

Guest Editors: Claudio Scarvaglieri (Lausanne University), Anna Wamprechtshammer (University of Hamburg), Peter Muntigl (Ghent University)

Description

The growing linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe has brought interpreter-mediated psychotherapy (IMP) to the forefront of clinical practice. Interpreters play a crucial role in enabling communication between therapists and patients who do not share a common language – a practice that is gaining in societal relevance but remains under-investigated from a scientific standpoint. Because the presence of an interpreter transforms the traditional therapist-patient dyad into a triadic conversational framework, there are considerable implications for how therapeutic relationships are formed, maintained, and negotiated and for the process and outcome of therapy.

This special issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics aims to deepen our understanding of the communicative, linguistic, and relational dynamics in IMP. We invite contributions that explore how language, discourse, and interaction shape therapeutic processes and outcomes in multilingual settings.

We particularly welcome submissions that investigate the co-construction and (interactional) accomplishment of the therapeutic relationship, trust, empathy, communicative ruptures and repairs, and the role of interpreters as relational, cultural and linguistic brokers of interaction in therapy. Comparative studies with monolingual psychotherapeutic interactions are also possible, if they include data from IMP.

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Possible Topics

Submissions may address (but are not limited to) the following themes:

• Linguistic and discursive dimensions of IMP

• Trust, empathy, and alliance in IMP

• Communicative ruptures and repair mechanisms in IMP

• The interpreter’s role as a co-constructor of the therapeutic relationship

• Ethical and practical implications of interpreter involvement in therapy

• Comparative studies between monolingual and interpreter-mediated sessions

• In-person vs. online IMP

We encourage empirical, data-based studies drawing on fields such as conversation analysis, discourse analysis, translation/interpreting studies, psychotherapy research, or applied linguistics.

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Submission Guidelines

• Abstract submission deadline: 10. 11. 2025

• Full paper submission deadline: 31. 3. 2026

• Expected publication: January 2027

Each submission will undergo double-blind peer review.

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Contact

For inquiries about the special issue, please contact:

• Claudio Scarvaglieri, Lausanne University, claudio.scarvaglieri@unil.ch

• Anna Wamprechtshammer, University of Hamburg, anna.wamprechtshammer@uni-hamburg.de

• Peter Muntigl, Ghent University, Peter.muntigl@ugent.be

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Background

This special issue builds upon recent collaborative research, including the project “Interpreting in Psychotherapy: Process and Outcome, Interaction and Perception”, and follows ongoing discussions presented at COMET 2025. It aims to foster dialogue among linguists, translation scholars, and psychologists to better understand and enhance interpreter-mediated therapeutic practice.

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