Practitioner Research in Counselling / Edition 1

by John McLeod

Overview

'This is a practical guide to carrying out research in counselling and the helping professions generally. It covers all major aspects of research and guides the reader through the essential processes involved, from setting up and conducting a study, to analyzing data and evaluating findings' - The New Therapist

This practical, informative and encouraging guide to doing research in counselling and the helping professions generally has been written with practitioners firmly in mind.

The book is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction which covers all major aspects of research and guides the reader through the essential processes involved, from setting up and conducting a study, to analyzing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761957621
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/20/1999
Series:	Professional Skills for Counsellors Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Mc Leod has held appointments in universities in the UK, New Zealand and Italy, and is currently Professor of Counselling at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin, and Professor of Psychology, University of Oslo. He is committed to promoting the relevance of research as a means of informing therapy practice and improving the quality of services that are available to clients, and has received an award from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy for his exceptional contribution to research. His writing has influenced a generation of trainees in the field of counselling, counselling psychology and psychotherapy, and his books are widely adopted on training programmes across the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Nature of Practitioner Research in Counselling
Types of Research
What's the Question?
Using the Literature
Setting Up a Research Study
Gathering Data
Analyzing and Presenting Quantitative Data
Doing Qualitative Research
Evaluating Outcomes
Studying the Therapeutic Process
Practitioner Inquiry Groups
Getting into Print... and Other Ways of Getting the Message Across
Critical Reflexivity and the Reconstruction of Counselling