Researching Psychotherapy and Counselling

Rudi Dallos is Professor of Clinical psychology and Programme Director of the D.Clin. Psychology training programme at the University of Plymouth. He also teaches on qualifying systemic family therapy courses, an intermediate family therapy course and conducts a variety of guest lecturing. He offers extensive clinical and research supervision, especially in areas related to this proposed publication. He has published a range of book , most recently, Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy (2005) , Working Systemically with Families, 2003, Researching psychotherapy and Counselling, 2005, An Introduction to Family Therapy (2005 2nd edition) and Interacting Stories: Narratives, Family Beliefs and Therapy (1997)

• PrefaceIntroduction: Research in psychotherapy and counselling Getting started: Generating and refining research questionsSampling and generalizabilityChoosing a qualitative methodQuestions of evaluation and outcomePsychotherapy process research: Exploring what happens in psychotherapySingle case and case study approachesObserving and participatingInterview methodologyApproaches to validityFinal reflectionsReferencesIndex