McVey, L orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-7682, Lees, J and Nolan, G (2015) Practitioner‐based research and qualitative interviewing: Using therapeutic skills to enrich research in counselling and psychotherapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 15 (2). pp. 147-154. ISSN 1473-3145
Abstract
Background: The researcher's reflexive use of self forms part of a well‐established tradition in counselling and psychotherapy research. This paper reviews that tradition briefly, with particular reference to an approach known as ‘practitioner‐based research’ that has developed from it. In this approach, researcher‐practitioners use their therapeutic skills and judgement and thereby enrich their understanding of research participants, themselves and their relationship.
Aim: The paper aims to contribute to the practitioner‐based approach by showing how it can impact on data collection, using an example from a qualitative interview.
Methodology: A moment of interaction between a participant and a therapy researcher in a qualitative interview is examined, framed within psychotherapeutic intersubjectivity theory. The researcher's reflexive awareness of micro‐aspects of the relationship with the participant is reviewed, captured in their language and the split‐second daydreams or reveries that arose as they interacted.
Findings: The authors argue that the approach enhanced this small‐scale study by intensifying the researcher's engagement with the participant and enriching her understanding of their relationship and the subject under investigation.
Implications: The paper highlights the unique value and contribution that this approach offers to therapy research and practice.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: McVey, L. , Lees, J. and Nolan, G. (2015), Practitioner‐based research and qualitative interviewing: Using therapeutic skills to enrich research in counselling and psychotherapy. Couns. Psychother. Res., 15: 147-154, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12014. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | intersubjectivity; interviews; practitioner-based research; reflexivity; reverie |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Counselling & Psychotherapy (SoH) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Adult (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2016 13:18 |
Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2018 09:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/capr.12014 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99832 |