Essentials of Consensual Qualitative Research

Clara E. Hill, PhD, is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has been the president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, the editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and the editor of Psychotherapy Research. Her major research interests are helping skills, psychotherapy process and outcome, training therapists, dream work, and qualitative research. She has published more than 7 journal articles, 4 chapters in books, and nine books (including Therapist Techniques and Client Outcomes: Eight Cases of Brief Psychotherapy Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action  and Dream Work in Therapy: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action). Sarah Knox, PhD, is a professor of counselor education and counseling psychology at Marquette University. Her research has been published in numerous journals, including The Counseling Psychologist, Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Research, and Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Her publications focus on the psychotherapy process and relationship, supervision and training, and qualitative research. She is Co-editor-in-chief of Counselling Psychology Quarterly and serves on the Publication Board of Division 29 (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Knox is a Fellow of Division 7 (Counseling Psychology) and Division 29 (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association.

• Series Foreword, by Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox. Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Consensual Qualitative Research 2. Getting Started 3. Developing the Interview 4. Collecting the Data 5. Analyzing Data Within Cases. Analyzing Data Across Cases7. Writing the Manuscript8. Variations on CQR9. Conclusions    Appendix A: Example Studies References