Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work
Guidance on Training Course Assignments and Research for Psychotherapists and Counsellors
1st Edition
Published on 4. September 2009
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-0-415-47229-6 (ISBN)
Description
Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work provides a guide to the research skills and critical thinking required to complete a research project for professional learning courses in counselling and psychotherapy.
Written at a level easily accessible to those enrolled on a work-based qualification as well as those considering postgraduate research at master's level, this book includes:
how we reflect on our work
discussion on preparation and structuring of a case study
how to present work in supervision with advice on process recording
essay plan structures and appropriate methodologies for research
ethical considerations and critical linking
dilemmas and tensions involved in 'research at work'.
Key learning points and reflective exercises are included throughout and theory is supported by contributions detailing specific learning experiences from a variety of work settings, including the public sector, an organisation, in the community, and as an independent counsellor in a voluntary agency. There is also a section on how to prepare your research for consideration for publication and how to present your findings to colleagues.
Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work will be of interest to all those on counselling courses, or training as psychotherapists, as well as people involved in professional learning linked to the helping professions, including those interested in work-based research linked to therapy in any setting.
Written at a level easily accessible to those enrolled on a work-based qualification as well as those considering postgraduate research at master's level, this book includes:
how we reflect on our work
discussion on preparation and structuring of a case study
how to present work in supervision with advice on process recording
essay plan structures and appropriate methodologies for research
ethical considerations and critical linking
dilemmas and tensions involved in 'research at work'.
Key learning points and reflective exercises are included throughout and theory is supported by contributions detailing specific learning experiences from a variety of work settings, including the public sector, an organisation, in the community, and as an independent counsellor in a voluntary agency. There is also a section on how to prepare your research for consideration for publication and how to present your findings to colleagues.
Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work will be of interest to all those on counselling courses, or training as psychotherapists, as well as people involved in professional learning linked to the helping professions, including those interested in work-based research linked to therapy in any setting.
Reviews / Votes
"This is an important book. For the first time the gamut of diverse training programmes for therapists are linked in a systematic and productive way with the research methodologies currently in use." - Rom Harre, from the Preface"By providing examples of the experience of counsellors in pursuing research projects that have meaning and value for their clients and themselves, the contributors to the book are able to show that research can indeed represent a significant means of extending and deepening insight and understanding in ways that are relevant to understanding the purpose and process of therapy, and which enhance rather than undermine the therapeutic relationship." - John McLeod, from the Foreword
"Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work can be dipped into, and chapters hold their own, independtly of the whole. However, the book's true richness comes through best from reading it in full... I highly recommend it, and expect to refer to it often with a range of students." - Sandra Taylor, Healthcare, Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2010 "This is an important book. For the first time the gamut of diverse training programmes for therapists are linked in a systematic and productive way with the research methodologies currently in use." - Rom Harre, from the Preface.
"By providing examples of the experience of counsellors in pursuing research projects that have meaning and value for their clients and themselves, the contributors to the book are able to show that research can indeed represent a significant means of extending and deepening insight and understanding in ways that are relevant to understanding the purpose and process of therapy, and which enhance rather than undermine the therapeutic relationship." - John McLeod, from the Foreword.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
4 s/w Tabellen, 7 s/w Abbildungen
4 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-47229-6 (9780415472296)
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Additional editions
Fiona Gardner | Steven J. Coombs
Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work
Guidance on Training Course Assignments and Research for Psychotherapists and Counsellors
E-Book
09/2009
Routledge
€48.49
Available for download
Fiona Gardner | Steven J. Coombs
Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work
Guidance on Training Course Assignments and Research for Psychotherapists and Counsellors
E-Book
09/2009
1st Edition
Routledge
€48.49
Available for download
Fiona Gardner | Steven J. Coombs
Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work
Guidance on Training Course Assignments and Research for Psychotherapists and Counsellors
Book
09/2009
1st Edition
Routledge
€54.70
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Persons
Fiona Gardner is the Award leader for the Professional Master's Programme in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice at Bath Spa University.
Steven J. Coombs is Head of Department for Continuing Professional Development, Teaching Fellow and Chair of the Professional Master's Programme at Bath Spa University.
Steven J. Coombs is Head of Department for Continuing Professional Development, Teaching Fellow and Chair of the Professional Master's Programme at Bath Spa University.
Content
Harre, Preface. Gardner, Introduction. Gardner, Coombs, Learning and Researching as an Adult Professional. Gardner, Coombs, Ethical Dilemmas in Training and in Research. Gardner, Coombs, Using the Case Study Approach for Training and Research. Gardner, Coombs, Choosing a Research Paradigm. Whitehead, Research Using Focus Groups in an Organisational Setting. Barnet, Research in the Voluntary Sector. Larcombe, Research in the Public Sector. Cole, Research in the Community with a Feminist Approach. Larcombe, Gardner, Coombs, Going Public - Getting Your Work Out to a Wider Audience. Coombs, The Way Forward.