In this article, it is noted that poststructural ideas can be useful tools
in fostering reflexivity and creativity for clinicians. By examining the pr
ocess of meaning construction, clinicians can detach from repetitive interp
retations of therapy discourse that lead to conversational closure. Four st
rategies for guiding a reading of family therapy interaction, are presented
: incitement to discourse, deconstruction, normativity, and the cultural gr
id of intelligibility. These strategies are used to describe examples of ma
rital therapy discourse. By learning to read therapy as discourse, clinicia
ns may critically examine how meaning is constructed and use that awareness
to foster therapeutic conversations.