Olga Smoliak

Selected publications:
Lester, J., O’Reilly, M., Smoliak, O., Muntigl, P., & Tseliou, E. (accepted). Soliciting children’s views on circular questioning in child mental health assessments. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Smoliak, O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., LeCouteur, A., & Tseliou, E., Myers, M., Vesely, L., Briscoe, C., Addison, M., & Velikonja, L. (2021). The politics of vulnerable masculinity in couple therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12530
Smoliak, O., MacMartin, C., Elliott, R., Hepburn, A., LeCouteur, A., & Quinn-Nilas, C. (2021). Authority in therapeutic interaction: A conversation analytic study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12471
Smoliak, O., Rice, C., Knudson-Martin, C., Briscoe, C., LeCouteur, A., LaMarre, A., Tseliou, E., Addison, M., Myers, M., Velikonja, L., & Vesely, L. (2021). Denials of responsibility in couple therapy. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332691.2021.1967248
Smoliak, O., Couture, S., Gaete Silva, J., Rogers-de Jong, M., Sametband, I., & LaMarre, A. (2021). Exploring the practical potential of discursive research in family therapy. In M. O'Reilly & J. Lester (Eds.), Improving communication in mental health settings: Evidence-based recommendations from practitioner-led research (pp. 36-53). New York: Routledge.
LaMarre, A., Smoliak, O., Cool, C., Kinavey, H., & Hardt, L. (2019). The normal, improving, and productive self: Unpacking neoliberal governmentality in therapeutic interactions. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 32(3), 236-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2018.1477080
Smoliak, O., & Strong, T. (Ed.). (2018). Therapy as discourse: Research and practice. London: Palgrave/MacMillan.
Gaete, J., Smoliak, O., Couture, S., & Strong, T. (2018). DSM diagnosis and social justice: Inviting counsellor reflexivity. In C. Audet & D. Paré (Eds.), Social justice and counseling: Discourse in practice. New York: Routledge.
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Hardt, L., & LeCouteur, A. (2017). New sexism in couple therapy: A discursive analysis. Family Process, 56(3), 686–700. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12292
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Hardt, L., & Jeffrey, N. (2016). Gendered patterns of interaction: A Foucauldian discourse analysis of couple therapy. Contemporary Family Therapy, 38(4), 385-399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-016-9394-6
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., Peräkylä, A., & Elliott, R. (2014). Conversation analysis of the two-chair self-soothing task.Psychotherapy Research, 24(6), 738-751. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2014.885146
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., & Strong, T. (2011). Therapeutic collaboration: A conversation analysis of constructionist therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 33, 256-278. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6427.2010.00500.x
Sutherland (Smoliak), O. (2007). Therapist positioning and power in discursive therapies: A comparative analysis. Contemporary Family Therapy, 29, 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-007-9050-2
PhD (Counseling Psychology) - University of Calgary, 2008