Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Research

ISBN-13: 9783031139413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 277 str.

Sofie Bager-Charleson; Alistair McBeath

Opis

This textbook aims to support counsellors, psychotherapists, and counselling psychologists to develop a creative research-informed practice. Following from the authors’ earlier title Enjoying Research, the book covers qualitative, quantitative, pluralistic, and mixed methods approaches with a special focus on diversity, researcher support and innovative methods. The book explores research during critical stages like question formulation, data gathering, ethics, analysis, and presentation of the findings. It mixes theory with illustrative real-life, 'how-to-do-it'-examples and reader activities. International experts contribute with examples ranging from arts-based ‘decolonising’ research to creative use of outcome- and survey-based approaches – with a shared interest in dialogues between ‘scientific’ and ‘aesthetic’ (or intuitive, embodied) means of knowing. This is essential reading for anyone looking for a book that combines self-awareness with analytical and practical skills in counselling and psychotherapy related research.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction  

 (Dr Sofie Bager-Charleson and Dr Alistair McBeath )  

The introduction expands on the key themes, with an overview of each section and chapter  

 

                                       Part 1: Qualitative Research  

Chapter 2: Thematic Reflexive Analysis  

(Professor Virginia Braun, Professor Victoria Clarke and Dr Nikki Hayfield, University of Auckland and University of the West of England)  

 

Chapter 3: Decolonising Research  

(Prof Divine Charura and Dr Rachel Wicaksono, York St John University)  

 

Chapter 4. Engaging with critical self-enquiry: Doing heuristic research

(Prof Keith Tudor, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand)  

 

Chapter 5. Autoethnographic Psychotherapy Research: A Methodology that keeps our ‘Heart in Mind’. (Dr Saira Baines-Razzaq, Metanoia Institute)  

                                           

                           Part 2: Quantitative Research  

Chapter 6: Quantitative Practice Based Research  

(Professor Terry Hanley, Manchester University)  

 

Chapter 7: Dilemmas and decisions in Quantitative Driven Online survey research into Researchers’ Mental health and Support 

Doing a quantitative-driven mixed methods survey (Dr Cassie Hazell and Dr Clio Berry, University of Westminster and University of Brighton)  

 

             

                        Part 3: Mixed Methods Research. Theory and Examples of Integration 

 

Chapter 8: Using Online Surveys Creatively in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research (Dr Alistair McBeath) 

 

Chapter 9: Mixed Methods Research to Build Fences  

(Prof Brittany Landrum & Prof Gilbert Garza, University of Dallas)  

 

Chapter 10: Mixed Methods Research: The Case for the Pragmatic researcher  

(Dr Alistair McBeath, Metanoia Institute)  

 

Chapter 11: Dialectical Pluralism (DP) in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research (Prof Tres Stefaruk, Virgina, S Dixon and Prof Burk Johnson, South Alabama University) 

Chapter 12: Taking Qualitative-driven Mixed Methods Further (Professor Nollaig Frost and Karen Dempsey, Cork University, Ireland)

Chapter 13: Mixed Methods for Researching Sensitive Topics. (Dr Louise Rolland, Dr Sally Cook, Prof Jean-Marc Dewaele and Dr Beverley Costa, Birkbeck university) 

O autorze

Sofie Bager-Charleson is Director of Studies on the MPhil/PhD in Psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute, and a BACP and UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor. She chairs the research group “Therapists as Research-informed Practitioners (TRP)” and is the co-founder of the annual Metanoia Research Academy for practitioners. Sofie specialises in areas relating to professional development and research training.

 

Alistair McBeath is a Chartered Psychologist and UKCP registered psychotherapist. Trained at Regents College and Guys Hospital, he is Director of Studies for the Doctorate by Public Works at the Metanoia Institute. Alistair considers himself to be a researcher-practitioner and is keen to promote this identity within the psychotherapy profession. He also works for an Edinburgh based therapeutic consultancy and is a member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy.

Blurb

This textbook aims to support counsellors, psychotherapists, and counselling psychologists to develop a creative research-informed practice. Following from the authors’ earlier title Enjoying Research, the book covers qualitative, quantitative, pluralistic, and mixed methods approaches with a special focus on diversity, researcher support and innovative methods. The book explores research during critical stages like question formulation, data gathering, ethics, analysis, and presentation of the findings. It mixes theory with illustrative real-life, 'how-to-do-it'-examples and reader activities. International experts contribute with examples ranging from arts-based ‘decolonising’ research to creative use of outcome- and survey-based approaches – with a shared interest in dialogues between ‘scientific’ and ‘aesthetic’ (or intuitive, embodied) means of knowing. This is essential reading for anyone looking for a book that combines self-awareness with analytical and practical skills in counselling and psychotherapy related research. 

Sofie Bager-Charleson is Director of Studies on the MPhil/PhD in Psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute, and a BACP and UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor. She chairs the research group “Therapists as Research-informed Practitioners (TRP)” and is the co-founder of the annual Metanoia Research Academy for practitioners. Sofie specialises in areas relating to professional development and research training.

Alistair McBeath is a Chartered Psychologist and UKCP registered psychotherapist. Trained at Regents College and Guys Hospital, he is Director of Studies for the Doctorate by Public Works at the Metanoia Institute. Alistair considers himself to be a researcher-practitioner and is keen to promote this identity within the psychotherapy profession. He also works for an Edinburgh based therapeutic consultancy and is a member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy.