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Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Research

© 2022
Sofie Bager-Charleson 0 ,
Alistair McBeath 1

Metanoia Institute, London, UK

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Follows experts of different types of research methodologies as they tackle key stages of a research project
Highlights connections between different research methodologies and how they can be used together
Offers guidance for researchers in psychotherapy, as it is often uniquely positioned between an art and a science

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About this book

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.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

Front matter, introduction: aim, key themes and an important of the coming chapters.

Sofie Bager-Charleson, Alistair McBeath

Qualitative Research

Doing reflexive thematic analysis.

Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Nikki Hayfield, Louise Davey, Elizabeth Jenkinson

Doing Arts-based Decolonising Research

Divine Charura, Rachel Wicaksono

Supporting Critical Self-enquiry: Doing Heuristic Research

Keith Tudor

Autoethnographic Psychotherapy Research: A Methodology that Keeps Our ‘Heart in Mind’

Saira Gracie Razzaq

Quantitative Research

Quantitative practice-based research.

Emily Banwell, Terry Hanley, Aaron Sefi

Dilemmas and Decisions in Quantitative-Driven Online Survey Research into Researchers’ Mental Health and Support

Cassie Hazell, Clio Berry

Mixed Methods Research. Theory and Examples of Integration

Using online surveys creatively in counselling and psychotherapy research.

Alistair McBeath

Mixed Methods Research to Build Bridges

Brittany Landrum, Gilbert Garza

Mixed Methods Research: The Case for the Pragmatic Researcher

Dialectical pluralism in counseling and psychotherapy research.

Trés Stefurak, Victoria S. Dixon, H. Burke Johnson

Taking Qualitatively Driven Mixed Methods Research Further

Nollaig Frost, Maria Dempsey, Sarah Foley

Mixed Methods When Researching Sensitive Topics

Jean-Marc Dewaele, Louise Rolland, Sally Cook, Beverley Costa

Back Matter

Editors and affiliations, about the editors.

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.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title : Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Book Subtitle : Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Research

Editors : Sofie Bager-Charleson, Alistair McBeath

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13942-0

Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Cham

eBook Packages : Behavioral Science and Psychology , Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-031-13941-3 Published: 25 January 2023

eBook ISBN : 978-3-031-13942-0 Published: 23 January 2023

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XXI, 274

Number of Illustrations : 40 b/w illustrations

Topics : Psychotherapy , Psychotherapy and Counseling , Psychological Methods/Evaluation , Psychological Methods/Evaluation , Psychological Methods/Evaluation