Practitioner Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy, 9781137390295
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Therapeutic relationships: Research exploring lived experience, wisdom, and profound connection.

Practitioner Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy

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    248 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2016

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Summary

Unveiling the Therapeutic Tapestry: Practitioner Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy

In this thought-provoking text, Liz Bondi and Judith Fewell invite practitioners to move away from an approach to research that depends upon distance and objectification, and towards a method centred on practical wisdom developed through intense exploration of the lived experience of therapeutic relationships.

Following a close examination of the flaws of dominant approaches to researc…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781137390295
ISBN-10:1137390298
Author:Liz Bondi, Judith Fewell
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:248
Edition:1st
Release Date:30 June 2016
Weight:620g
Dimensions:214mm x 136mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

The authors offer a thoughtful and coherent discussion about the necessity of research outside the strictures of the medical model making an argument for more personal and experiential research being needed … I was impressed with the strength of the research that the authors used to consolidate their arguments. * Alexa Duff, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol. 19 (1) *

About The Author

Liz Bondi

Professor Liz Bondi divides her time between the School of GeoSciences and the School of Health in Social Science, where she is co-Director, at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests span counselling studies, feminism and emotional geographies. She is a counsellor accredited by COSCA (Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland).

Judith Fewell is a Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Edinburgh. A registered psychotherapist with the British Psychoanalytic Council, she works part-time for the adult psychotherapy service of the Scottish Institute. She is also accredited by COSCA as a counsellor and diploma level trainer.

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