Research Books
What is Psychotherapeutic Research?
This book marks an important watershed in the development of psychotherapy. It provides examples of how psychotherapeutic research and the abilities to carry it out can help the practising... (more)
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research
The substantially updated and revised Fifth Edition of this landmark handbook presents the state-of-the-art theory and practice of qualitative inquiry. Representing top scholars from around the... (more)
Social Constructionism: Third Edition
Now in its third edition, this successful book introduces students to the area of social science theory and research known as social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from everyday... (more)
Social Dreaming: Philosophy, Research, Theory and Practice
The idea of social dreaming argues that dreams are relevant to the wider social sphere and have a collective resonance that goes beyond the personal narrative.
In this fascinating collection,... (more)
Using Focus Groups in Research
Focus Groups are often under-used as a valuable tool for research.
Child Psychotherapy and Research: New Approaches, Emerging Findings
Child Psychotherapy and Research brings together some of the most exciting and innovative research activity taking place within psychoanalytic child psychotherapy today. Drawing on the expertise of... (more)
Essential Research Findings in Counselling and Psychotherapy: The Facts Are Friendly
Are some therapies more effective than others? How important is the relationship? Which clients do best in therapy? This book answers these questions and many more, providing trainees, practitioners... (more)
Practice-Oriented Research in Psychotherapy: Building Partnerships Between Clinicians and Researchers
The wide gap between science and practice in psychotherapy is due in part to the one-way direction that has mostly defined the connection between researchers and clinicians, with researchers... (more)
Researching the Unconscious: Principles of Psychoanalytic Method
Researching the Unconscious provides an exposition of key issues in the philosophy and methods of the social sciences which are relevant to psychoanalysis as both a clinical practice and a human... (more)
Case Study Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Case-based knowledge forms an essential element of the evidence base for counselling and psychotherapy practice. This book provides the reader with a unique introduction to the conceptual and... (more)
Outcomes of Psychoanalytic Treatment: Perspectives for Therapists and Researchers
Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical psychotherapy remain an unparalleled source of insights into the unconscious determinants and dimensions of psychological suffering. This volume presents the... (more)
Coaching with Research in Mind
How can coaches maximise the effectiveness of their practice?
What can research tell us about how and why coaching 'works'?
How can we use the evidence base to enable others to reach their... (more)
Research on the Couch: Single Case Studies, Subjectivity, and Psychoanalytic Knowledge
Is psychoanalysis knowledge? Is psychoanalysis a science, or is it hermeneutics? Can clinical material be considered research data? Psychoanalysis is ambiguous about whether it is about meaning or... (more)
Research on Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Adults
Volume 7 in the EFPP Series that aims to promote the pan-European community of psychoanalytic psychotherapists. The contributors come from different cultures but are united in their view of the... (more)
A Practical Psychoanalytic Guide to Reflexive Research: The Reverie Research Method
A Practical Psychoanalytic Guide to Reflexive Research offers an accessible guide to enriched qualitative research. In this novel approach, the researcher's feelings and empathy in relation to... (more)
Visions in Psychotherapy Research and Practice: Reflections from Presidents of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
The Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) is devoted to the development and dissemination of research, as well as the integration of empirical, theoretical, and clinical knowledge in... (more)
Clinician's Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy: Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice
A research methods text with a unique focus on evidence-based practice with couples and families, this book bridges the divide between research and clinical work. The text offers comprehensive,... (more)
The quality of qualitative research:
This text advises researchers and students how to go beyond traditional measures of reliability and validity to achieve quality research. The author sets out a series of standards by which to judge... (more)
Researching Beneath the Surface: Psycho-Social Research Methods in Practice
This book offers an overview of the rapidly expanding field of Psycho-Social research. Drawing on aspects of discourse psychology, continental philosophy and anthropological and neuro-scientific... (more)
Current thinking and research in brief therapy: Volume 1: Solutions, strategies, narratives
Building on the questions of where we are and where we are going, the editors have created an invitation to explore the future of Ericksonian- inspired therapy and to confirm the viability of... (more)
Methods of Research into the Unconscious: Applying Psychoanalytic Ideas to Social Science
The Psychoanalytic Unconscious is a slippery set of phenomena to pin down. There is not an accepted standard form of research, outside of the clinical practice of psychoanalysis. In this book a... (more)
Further Researching Beneath the Surface: Psycho-Social Research Methods in Practice - Volume 2
Contributions in this volume cover ways of knowing, the dynamics of research encounters, new methods of psycho-social inquiry, and the first-hand experience of being a researcher. Since the first... (more)
Knowing Mothers: Researching Maternal Identity Change
How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? When this is the question of an empirical research project, it poses methodological challenges: how can... (more)
Introducing Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Introducing the language of research in counselling and psychotherapy, this book will help students begin to identify as researchers and develop their research literacy and awareness. Worked examples... (more)
Reflexivity: A Practical Guide to Reflexive Qualitative Research in Health and Social Care
Reflexivity is a tool that empowers by opening up a more radical consciousness, but it often proves initially difficult to grasp. In this book a collection of researchers offer six maps of the... (more)
Becoming a Reflexive Researcher: Travellers' Tales
In contrast to traditional impersonal approaches to research, reflexive researchers acknowledge the impact of their own experience, beliefs and culture on the processes and outcomes of inquiry. The... (more)
Case Studies in Relational Research: Qualitative Research Methods in Counselling and Psychotherapy
The growing professionalization of counselling and psychotherapy means that students and practitioners are increasingly being asked to carry out research. This distinctive new text uses a... (more)