
The Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Handbook
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Handbook
About this book
Research is a vital and often daunting component of many counselling and psychotherapy courses. As well as completing their own research projects, trainees across modalities must understand the research in the field – what it tells them and how to do it.
Breaking down this seemingly mountainous task into easy to swallow pieces, this book will navigate your students through each stage of the research process, from choosing a research question, through the pros and cons of different methods, to data analysis and writing up their findings.
Written by leading contributors from the field including John McLeod, Mick Cooper and Tim Bond, each chapter features points for reflection, engaging activities and suggestions for further reading, helping students to engage with all aspects of research. An original graphic narrative runs throughout the book, bringing this complex topic to life in a unique way.
Whether embarking on research for the first time or already a little familiar with research and research methods, this unique guide is something counselling and psychotherapy students will turn to continually throughout their research projects.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the editors and contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- One Setting the scene: Why research matters
- Two Attitudes to and perceptions of research
- Part II Beginning the research journey
- Three Choosing a research question
- Four How to read and understand research
- Five Doing a literature review
- Six Introduction to research methodology
- Seven Planning your research: Design, method and sample
- Eight Ethical considerations
- Nine Writing a research proposal
- Part III Methodologies and methods for doing research
- Ten Quantitative methods
- Eleven How to use t-tests to explore pre-post change
- Twelve Qualitative methods
- Thirteen How to use thematic analysis with interview data
- Fourteen Case study methodologies
- Fifteen How to use case study methodology with single client therapy data
- Part IV Completing the research journey
- Sixteen Dissemination of research
- Seventeen Student top tips
- Eighteen Next steps: Building on and using research in training and practice
- References
- Index