Qualitative Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy av John McLeod

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The need to show how and why counselling works has led to an explosion of research activity, and a growing focus on research in counselling and psychotherapy teaching and practice. Yet this book, even now in its second edition, stands alone in addressing qualitative research in therapy. </p><p></p><p>Leading expert John McLeod helps readers through each stage of the research process, explaining techniques for gathering data, writing up the study and evaluating the findings. Each qualitative method is clearly described and critically assessed in terms of its own strengths and weaknesses. Examples from actual research studies are given to show how the methods work in practice. This new edition incorporates developments in qualititative research over the last ten years and includes eight new chapters, covering: </p><p></p><p>-interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)</p><p>-autoethnographic methods</p><p>-action research</p><p>-case study methods</p><p></p><p>For all those involved i