Argumento de Researching Psychotherapy and Counselling
With an emphasis on `do-able¿ research, the book examines the dilemmas and challenges for clinicians in recruiting participants and combining research with clinical practice, and includes step-by-step guides to doing research projects.
Key topics covered include:
- Collaborative research
- The ethics of research
- Mixed methods of research (qualitative and quantitative)
- Suitable research methods for busy clinicians
- Practice-based evidence and evidence-based practice
Written by authors with extensive experience of research teaching with clinicians,
Researching Psychotherapy and Counselling provides a rigorous, yet practical guide for trainee and practising counsellors, psychotherapists and clinical psychologists, as well as allied mental health professionals.
0Preface
Introduction: Research in psychotherapy and counselling
Getting started: Generating and refining research questions
Sampling and generalizability
Choosing a qualitative method
Questions of evaluation and outcome
Psychotherapy process research: Exploring what happens in psychotherapy
Single case and case study approaches
Observing and participating
Interview methodology
Approaches to validity
Final reflections
References
Index