Description
Book SynopsisGives clear guidance on how to set up and conduct small scale research that is based in clinical practice Assumes no prior knowledge of qualitative research and is aimed specifically at psychotherapists Recognises development of the evidence base for psychotherapy through qualitative research as a key objective for practitioners.
Trade Review"This is a useful and informative introductory book. It sparked my interest in pursuing some of the suggested methods and topics of research within my own setting." (
Gestalt Journal of Australia and New Zealand, June 2010)
Table of ContentsAbout the Editors vii
Contributing Authors ix
Preface xi
Part I Engaging Qualitative Research and the Relational-centred Approach 1
Introduction 1
1 Qualitative Relational-centred Research: A 'Voyage of Discovery' 3
2 Competing Qualitative Research Traditions 13
3 Embodied Co-creation: Theory and Values for Relational Research 29
4 Challenging 'Evidence-based Practice' 45
5 Quality in Qualitative Relational-centred Research 59
Part II Relational-centred Research: Being and Doing 69
Introduction 69
6 Setting Up Research 71
7 The Research Encounter: Co-creating your Data 87
8 Embracing Relational Research: Learning from Therapy 107
9 Engaging 'Process' 127
10 Analysis of Data Linda Finlay Anna Madill 145
11 Relational Ethics 159
12 Becoming a Relational Researcher 175
Part III Relational-centred Research in Action 183
Introduction 183
13 'My Heart was Killing Me': A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Anger Virginia Eatough 185
14 A Therapist's Portrait of a Clinical Encounter with a Somatizer Maria Luca 197
15 Relating through Difference: A Critical Narrative Analysis Darren Langdridge 213
16 A Journey into Survival and Coping by Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Susan L Morrow 227
References 241
Index 259
