Introduction
The Research Underpinning Therapy
What Is Research?
Preparing for Undertaking Research
The Impact of Undertaking Research on the Researcher
Quantitative Research: Collecting and Making Sense of Numbers in
Therapy Research
Qualitative Research: Collecting and Making Sense of Talk, Thoughts
and Feelings in Research
Ethical Issues in Therapy Research
Talking about Research and Dissemination
Summary
Prof. Terry Hanley is a Professor in Counselling Psychology at the
University of Manchester. He is a HCPC Registered Counselling
Psychologist and a Fellow of both the BPS and the Higher Education
Academy. Terry works on a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology
programme and has a particular interest in training therapists in
humanistic approaches of therapy and research skills. In addition
to editing ‘The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy’, he
is a co-author of ‘Introducing Counselling and Psychotherapy
Research’ (Sage, 2013) and lead editor of text ‘Adolescent
Counselling Psychology’ (Routledge, 2013). He has worked as a
therapist with young people and young adults for a number of third
sector organisations, a football therapist with the organisation
Freedom from Torture, and a clinical supervisor for staff at Bury
Involvement Group. He has been researching web-based therapy with
children and young people for over twenty years and has a growing
interest in surfing therapy and the use of artificial intelligence
in the caring professions. Follow him on twitter
@drterryhanley
William West is a lecturer in Counselling Studies at Manchester
University. He currently serves on the Research and Evaluation
Committee of the British Association for Counselling, and has
written extensively on humanistic therapy, spirituality,
supervision and qualitative research.
′The authors of this very personal book seem to have really
understood student anxieties about embarking on research. The whole
project of getting to grips with research methods is brought alive
through examples from the authors′ own teaching of research
methods. One of the inspired pedagogical methods is the use of
debate to get students to articulate their approach and back this
up from role played perspectives like that of a service
commissioner. The reader is encouraged to adopt a critical stance
in relation to the text, throughout, and the ′student voice′ is
used as a critical commentary. The process of research is used as a
model of collaborative and experiential learning, which makes this
book very different from most of the research methods texts already
′out there′. The language of research is used throughout, in order
to help students to begin to identify as researchers (e.g. ′your
findings′; ′our findings′). This is set to become an essential part
of every counselling trainer′s reading list, serving as it does to
demystify research and set learning through research firmly within
counsellor training. My students will read it with relish′ -
Bonnie Meekums, PhD,Lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy at
University of Leeds
This is an engaging, useful and readable introduction to
undertaking research in counselling and psychotherapy...The
constant yet subtle introduction of key concepts throughout the
text make this a great introduction for those wishing to understand
more about why research is important in this field.
*Jo Pybis*
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