Amanda Le Couteur

Research Interests

Discourse and Pragmatics Gender Psychology Health Counselling Sport and Exercise Psychology Men's Health Neuroscience, Behaviour and Brain Health Translational Health Outcomes

APrf Amanda Le Couteur

School of Psychology

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Amanda LeCouteur is Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology, at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She has published in the areas of racism, education, gender, health and sport. She has a long-standing interest in the field of elite achievement and acts as a recruiting and development consultant in the Australian Football League. Her current research involves analysis of real-life interaction in contexts such as help-line, medical and counseling interactions.

Date Position Institution name
2008 - ongoing Adjunct Associate Professor University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
University of Adelaide Australia PhD

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2025 Ey, J. D., Mazzarolo, D., Lacey, H., Le Couteur, A., Feo, R., North, J., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2025). Investigating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Remote Video-Based Coaching Intervention to Improve Surgeon Non-Technical Skills in Rural Hospitals. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 10 pages.
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2024 Mercier, E., Le Couteur, A., & Delfabbro, P. (2024). ‘I am different’: a qualitative analysis of part-time working fathers’ constructions of their experiences. Community, Work & Family, 27(1), 1-17.
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2024 Bradshaw, T., Le Couteur, A., & Oxlad, M. (2024). Morality and emotion in therapy clients’ accounts for suicidality. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 38(2), 1-21.
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2024 Mercier, E., Le Couteur, A., & Delfabbro, P. (2024). 'It really freed me up ... to work': Australian mothers' experiences of living with fathers who work part-time. Community, Work and Family, 19 pages.
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2024 Bradshaw, T., Couteur, A. L., & Oxlad, M. (2024). How therapists take stock of therapeutic progress at the end of initial assessment. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 25(2), 12 pages.
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2022 Sorrentino, J., Augoustinos, M., & Le Couteur, A. (2022). The cost of doing politics: A critical discursive analysis of Australian liberal politicians’ responses to accusations by female politicians of bullying and intimidation. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 57(3), 524-543.
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2022 Smoliak, O., Rice, C., LaMarre, A., Tseliou, E., LeCouteur, A., & Davies, A. (2022). Gendering of care and care inequalities in couple therapy. Family Process, 61(4), 1386-1402.
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2022 Granchi, N., Reid, J., Foley, K., Couteur, A. L., Edwards, S., Feo, R., . . . Maddern, G. (2022). Improving surgical excellence: first experience of a video‐based intervention in outpatients. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(11), 2868-2872.
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2022 Smoliak, O., Rice, C., Knudson-Martin, C., Briscoe, C., LeCouteur, A., LaMarre, A., . . . Vesely, L. (2022). Denials of Responsibility in Couple Therapy. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 21(4), 344-365.
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2022 Drioli-Phillips, P. G., Oxlad, M., Scholz, B., Le Couteur, A., & Feo, R. (2022). “My Skill Is Putting on a Mask and Convincing People Not to Look Closer”: Silence, Secrecy and Self-Reliance in Men’s Accounts of Troubles-Telling in an Online Discussion Forum for Anxiety. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 30(2), 230-250.
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2022 LeCouteur, A., & Yong, A. (2022). Television commentary on women's and men's Australian Rules football: A thematic analysis. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57(5), 693-714.
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2022 Smoliak, O., MacMartin, C., Hepburn, A., Le Couteur, A., Elliott, R., & Quinn‐Nilas, C. (2022). Authority in therapeutic interaction: A conversation analytic study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(4), 961-981.
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2022 Smoliak, O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Tseliou, E., LeCouteur, A., Myers, M., . . . Velikonja, L. (2022). The politics of vulnerable masculinity in couple therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(2), 427-446.
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2022 Sorrentino, J., Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (2022). “Deal me in”: Hillary Clinton and gender in the 2016 US presidential election. Feminism and Psychology, 32(1), 23-43.
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2021 Drioli-Phillips, P. G., Oxlad, M., Le Couteur, A., Feo, R., & Scholz, B. (2021). Men’s talk about anxiety online: Constructing an authentically anxious identity allows help-seeking. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 22(1), 77-87.
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2021 Cole, L., Le Couteur, A., Feo, R., & Dahlen, H. (2021). "Cos you're quite normal, aren't you?": Epistemic and deontic orientations in the presentation of model of care talk in antenatal consultations. Health Communication, 36(3), 381-391.
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2021 Le Couteur, A., Drioli-Phillips, P., Oxlad, M., Scholz, B., & Feo, R. (2021). “My skill is putting on a mask and convincing people not to look closer”: Silence, secrecy and self-reliance in men’s accounts of seeking support online for anxiety.. The Journal of men's studies.
2021 Drioli-Phillips, P., Le Couteur, A., Oxlad, M., Feo, R., & Scholz, B. (2021). ‘I know you shouldn't compare to other people, but I can’t do anything most people can’: Age, family and occupation categorisations in men’s reasoning about their anxiety in an online discussion forum. Sociology of Health & Illness, 43(3), 678-696.
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2021 LeCouteur, A., Lehmann, C., & Knott, V. (2021). Brief psychological distress screening on a cancer helpline: How nurses introduce, and callers respond to, the Distress Thermometer. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 53, 101986.
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2020 Drioli-Phillips, P. G., Oxlad, M., Feo, R., Scholz, B., & Le Couteur, A. (2020). “I feel abused by my own mind”: themes of control in men’s online accounts of living with anxiety. Qualitative Health Research, 30(13), 2118-2131.
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2019 Ellway, D., Reilly, R., Le Couteur, A., & Ward, J. (2019). Exploring How People Affected by Methamphetamine Exchange Social Support Through Online Interactions on Facebook: Content Analysis (Preprint).
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2019 Reilly, R. E., Ellway, D., & Le Couteur, A. (2019). Content analysis of a Facebook page used to support individuals who have been affected by methamphetamine. JMIR Mental Health.
2019 Ellway, D., Reilly, R., Le Couteur, A., & Ward, J. (2019). Exploring how people affected by methamphetamine exchange social support through online interactions on Facebook: content analysis. JMIR Mental Health, 6(10), e14011-1-e14011-12.
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2019 Cole, L., LeCouteur, A., Feo, R., & Dahlen, H. (2019). “Trying to give birth naturally was out of the question”: Accounting for intervention in childbirth. Women and Birth, 32(1), e95-e101.
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2019 Lopriore, S., Le Couteur, A., Ekberg, K., & Ekberg, S. (2019). “You'll have to be my eyes and ears”: a conversation analytic study of physical examination on a health helpline. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(1-2), 330-339.
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2019 Sorrentino, J. C., Augoustinos, M., & Le Couteur, A. (2019). “[It] does not explain everything…, nor does it explain nothing… it explains some things”: Australia's first female Prime Minister and the dilemma of gender. Feminism & Psychology, 29(1), 19-39.
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2018 Smoliak, O., Le Couteur, A., & Quinn-Nilas, C. (2018). Issuing and Responding to Unusual Questions: A Conversation Analytic Account of Tom Andersen's Therapeutic Practice. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 44(3), 393-408.
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2018 Lawless, M., Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (2018). "Your Brain Matters": Issues of Risk and Responsibility in Online Dementia Prevention Information. Qualitative Health Research, 28(10), 1539-1551.
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2018 Lawless, M., Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (2018). Dementia on Facebook: requesting information and advice about dementia risk-prevention on social media. Discourse, Context and Media, 25, 44-51.
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2017 Feo, R. R., & Le Couteur, A. (2017). Dealing with third-party complaints on a men’s relationship-counselling helpline. Discourse Studies: an interdisciplinary journal for the study of text and talk, 19(2), 131-147.
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2017 Le Couteur, A., Sutherland, O., Lamarre, A., Rice,, C., & Hardt, L. (2017). New Sexism in Couple Therapy: A Discursive Analysis.. Family Process, 56(3), 686-700.
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2017 Lopriore, S., Le Couteur, A., Ekberg, S., & Ekberg, K. (2017). Delivering healthcare at a distance: exploring the organisation of calls to a health helpline. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 104, 45-55.
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2015 Cosh, S., Crabb, S., Kettler, L., LeCouteur, A., & Tully, P. (2015). The normalisation of body regulation and monitoring practices in elite sport: a discursive analysis of news delivery sequences during skinfold testing. Qualitiative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 7(3), 338-360.
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2015 Ekberg, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2015). Clients' resistance to therapists' proposals: managing epistemic and deontic status. Journal of Pragmatics, 90, 12-25.
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2014 O'Keefe, M., Wade, V., McAllister, S., Stupans, I., Miller, J., Burgess, T., . . . Starr, L. (2014). Rethinking attitudes to student clinical supervision and patient care: a change management success story. BMC Medical Education, 14(1), 1-8.
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2014 Ekberg, S., & Lecouteur, A. (2014). Making arrangements in talk-in-interaction. Text and Talk, 34(4), 377-400.
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2014 O'Neill, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2014). Naming the problem: a membership categorization analysis study of family therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 36(3), 268-286.
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2014 Ekberg, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2014). Co-implicating and re-shaping clients' suggestions for behavioural change in cognitive behavioural therapy practice. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 11(1), 60-77.
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2013 Ekberg, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2013). Negotiating behavioural change: Therapists' proposal turns in cognitive behavioural therapy. Communication and Medicine, 9(3), 229-239.
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2013 Cosh, S., Crabb, S., & Le Couteur, A. (2013). Elite athletes and retirement: identity, choice, and agency. Australian Journal of Psychology, 65(2), 89-97.
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2013 Booth, A., Le Couteur, A., & Chur-Hansen, A. (2013). The impact of the desktop computer on rheumatologist-patient consultations. Clinical Rheumatology, 32(3), 391-393.
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2013 Feo, R., & Le Couteur, A. (2013). 'I Just Want to Talk': Establishing reason for call on a men's counselling helpline. Australian Feminist Studies, 28(75), 65-80.
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2013 Cosh, S., Le Couteur, A., Crabb, S., & Kettler, L. (2013). Career transitions and identity: A discursive psychological approach to exploring athlete identity in retirement and the transition back into elite sport. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5(1), 21-42.
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2013 Cosh, S., Crabb, S., Le Couteur, A., & Kettler, L. (2013). Career transitions and identity: A discursive psychological approach to exploring athlete identity in retirement and the transition back into elite sport.. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5(1), 21-42.
2012 Le Couteur, A. J., cosh, S., Crabb, S., Le Couteur, A., & Kettler, L. (2012). Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite sport.. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(4), 610-622.
2012 Cosh, S., Crabb, S., Le Couteur, A., & Kettler, L. (2012). Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite sport. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(4), 610-622.
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2011 Ekberg, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2011). 'Hypothetical active-voicing': Therapists 'modelling' of clients' future conversations in CBT interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(13), 3177-3192.
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2011 Le Couteur, A., & Feo, R. (2011). Real-time communication during play: Analysis of team-mates' talk and interaction. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 12(2), 124-134.
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2011 Le Couteur, A., & Oxlad, M. (2011). Managing accountability for domestic violence: Identities, membership categories and morality in perpetrators’ talk. Feminism & Psychology, 21(1), 5-28.
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2010 Hodgetts, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2010). Gender and disadvantage in the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the education of boys. Feminism & Psychology, 20(1), 73-93.
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2009 O'Keefe, M., Le Couteur, A., Miller, J., & McGowan, U. (2009). The Colleague Development Program: A multidisciplinary program of peer observation partnerships. Medical Teacher, 31(12), 1060-1065.
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2009 Augoustinos, M., Russin, A., & Le Couteur, A. (2009). Representations of the stem-cell cloning fraud: from scientific breakthrough to managing the stake and interest of science. Public Understanding of Science, 18(6), 687-703.
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2009 Crisp, G., Palmer, E., Turnbull, D., Nettelbeck, T., Ward, L., Le Couteur, A., . . . Schneider, L. (2009). First year student expectations: Results from a university-wide student survey. Journal of University of Teaching & Learning Practice, 6(1), 1-18.
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2008 Ekberg, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2008). Modern racism in the media: constructions of 'the possibility of change' in accounts of two Australian 'riots'. Discourse & Society, 19(5), 667-687.
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2007 O'Doherty, K., & Le Couteur, A. (2007). "Asylum seekers", "boat people" and "illegal immigrants": Social categorisation in the media. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59(1), 1-12.
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2006 Crabb, S., & Le Couteur, A. (2006). 'Fiona farewells her breasts': a popular magazine account of breast cancer prevention. Critical Public Health, 16(1), 5-18.
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2004 McCann Mortimer, P., Augoustinos, M., & Le Couteur, A. (2004). 'Race' and the Human Genome Project: constructions of scientific legitimacy. Discourse & Society, 15(4), 409-432.
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2002 Augoustinos, M., Le Couteur, A., & Soyland, J. (2002). Self-sufficient arguments in political rhetoric: constructing reconciliation and apologizing to the Stolen Generations. Discourse & Society, 13(1), 105-142.
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2001 Le Couteur, A., & Delfabbro, P. (2001). Repertoires of teaching and learning: A comparison of university teachers and students using Q methodology. Higher Education, 42(2), 205-235.
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2001 Le Couteur, A., Rapley, M., & Augoustinos, M. (2001). 'This very difficult debate about Wik': Stake, voice and the management of category memberships in race politics. British Journal of Social Psychology, 40(Part 1), 35-57.
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2001 Le Couteur, A., & Augoustinos, M. (2001). Apologising to the stolen generations: Argument, rhetoric, and identity in public reasoning. Australian Psychologist, 36(1), 51-61.
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2000 Le Couteur, A. (2000). Book review: The Thin Woman: Feminism, Post-structuralism and the Social Psychology of Anorexia Nervosa. Critical Public Health, 10(1), 89-93.
1999 Benveniste, J., LeCouteur, A., & Hepworth, J. (1999). Lay theories of anorexia nervosa. A discourse analytic study. Journal of Health Psychology, 4(1), 59-69.
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1998 Brooks, A., Lecouteur, A., & Hepworth, J. (1998). Accounts of experiences of bulimia: A discourse analytic study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 24(2), 193-205.
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1988 Lecouteur, A. J. (1988). Understanding unconventional requests. Linguistics, 26(5), 873-878.
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- Clausen, M., Le Couteur, A., Crabb, S., Chur-Hansen, A., & Vincent, N. (2025). 'This is not necessarily a gender thing': Gender-blind talk of organisational leaders. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, 21 pages.
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Year Citation
2021 Le Couteur, A., Ekberg, S., Sutherland, O., & Ekberg, K. (2021). Language and Emotion in Psychotherapeutic Interaction.. In J. Altarriba, G. Schiewer, & N. Bee Chin (Eds.), Handbook of Language and Emotion. (Vol. 3, pp. 2044-2061). De Gruyter Mouton.
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2020 Le Couteur, A., & Ekberg, K. (2020). Clients’ Resistance to Therapists’ Proposals: Managing Epistemic and Deontic Status in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Sessions. In C. Lindholm, M. Stevanovic, & E. Weiste (Eds.), Joint Decision Making in Mental Health: An Interactional Approach (pp. 95-114). London: Palgrave MacMillan.
2016 Le Couteur, A., & Cosh, S. (2016). Conversation analysis in sport and exercise. In B. Smith, & A. Sparkes (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise (1 ed., pp. 243-259). London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2007 Augoustinos, M., Le Couteur, A., & Fogarty, K. (2007). Apologising-in-action: on saying 'sorry' to Indigenous Australians. In A. Hepburn, & S. Wiggins (Eds.), Discursive Research in Practice (pp. 88-103). USA: Cambridge University Press.
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2004 Augoustinos, M., & Le Couteur, A. (2004). On whether to apologize to indigenous Australians - The denial of white guilt. In N. Branscombe, & B. Doosje (Eds.), Collective guilt: International perspectives (pp. 236-261). The Edinburgh Bldg, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK: Cambridge University Press.
2001 Le Couteur, A. (2001). On saying 'sorry': repertoires of apology to Australia's Stolen Generations. In A. McHoul, & M. Rapley (Eds.), How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings: A Casebook of Methods (pp. 146-158). The Tower Building, 11 York Rd, London SE1 7NX: Continuum.
2001 Le Couteur, A., & Augoustinos, M. (2001). The language of prejudice and racism. In M. Augoustinos, & K. Reynolds (Eds.), Understanding Prejudice, Racism, and Social Conflict (pp. 215-230). 6 Bonhill St, London EC2A 4PU, England: Sage Publishing/Sage Publications.

Year Citation
2015 Stothard, C. F., Heyer, R., & Le Couteur, A. (2015). Modeling Army's organizational capacity to learn: "One size does not fit all". In Florey. Adelaide.

Year Citation
2017 Le Couteur, A. J., & Kaminski, J. (2017). Media Constructions of Homophobia in Australian Football. Poster session presented at the meeting of Eighth International Conference on Sport and Society. Imperial College London.
2017 Le Couteur, A. J., Lopriore, S., Ekberg, K., & Ekberg, S. (2017). “You’ll have to be my eyes and ears”: Accomplishing physical assessments on a health helpline. Poster session presented at the meeting of 15th International Pragmatics Conference. Belfast.
2015 Feo, R. R., & Le Couteur, A. (2015). Dealing with third-party complaints and caller distress on a solution-focused helpline. Poster session presented at the meeting of 14th International Pragmatics Association Conference. Antwerp, Belgium.

2017        Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada

The New Sexism: The Interactional Production and Management of Sexist Talk in Contemporary Psychotherapy

Insight Development Grant

 

2017-18  Law Foundation of South Australia

Communication assistance and partner reforms in the trial courts of South Australian State Courts.                            ($93,000)

                  (Caruso, Plater, Wade, Tooher, Merlin, & LeCouteur)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2019 Principal Supervisor Wellbeing, Meaning and Time Spent with Children: The Case of Part-time Working Fathers Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Eric Michel Mercier

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Psychotherapeutic Projects and Personal Interests: A Conversation Analytic Investigation of Talk in Initial Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Consultations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Thomas James Bradshaw
2016 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Postfeminism, Political Leadership and the Dilemma of Gender Doctor of Philosophy with Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Doctorate Full Time Jasmin Cherie Sorrentino
2014 - 2017 Co-Supervisor 'Mind Your Mind': Representations of dementia risk-prevention in news and digital media Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Michael Thomas Lawless
2008 - 2012 Principal Supervisor Asymmetry in Interaction on a Men's Relationship Counselling Helpline: Managing the Competing Relevancies of Troubles-Telling and Service Provision Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Rebecca Rosamaria Feo
2007 - 2010 Principal Supervisor Resisting behavioural change: Proposal-resistance sequences in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions for clients with depression Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Katie Simmons
2007 - 2011 Principal Supervisor Elite Athletes' Experiences of Psychological Distress and Psychopathology: A Discursive Analysis of Athlete Identity in Contexts in which Athletes are Vulnerable to Experiencing Psychopathology Master of Psychology (Clinical)/Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Suzie Cosh
2007 - 2011 Principal Supervisor Making Arrangements: Remote proposal sequences and attendant structural phenomena in social interaction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Stuart Ekberg
2003 - 2006 Co-Supervisor The Politics of Representation: A Discursive Analysis of Refugee Advocacy in the Australian Parliament Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Danielle Every
2002 - 2006 Co-Supervisor Risk Communication in Familial Cancer: The Discursive Management of Uncertainty in Genetic Counselling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kieran O'Doherty
2002 - 2006 Principal Supervisor Gendering Achievement: A Discursive Investigation of the House of Representatives Inquiry into the Education of Boys Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Katherine Hodgetts
2001 - 2005 Principal Supervisor I Sing, Therefore I am A Discursive Investigation of Work, Performance and Identity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Gemma Munro
2000 - 2006 Principal Supervisor A Discursive Analysis of Accounts of Breast Cancer Screening, Risk and Prevention Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time APrf Shona Crabb

Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
2003 - ongoing Port Adelaide Football Club - Sports and recreation Australia

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