The Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Handbook

Andreas Vossler is Director of the Foundation Degree in Counselling and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University. He is also a systemic trained couple and family psychotherapist. His current research activities focus on therapeutic work with couples and families, infidelity, Internet infidelity, and counselling and psychotherapy. Andreas is co-editor of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Handbook (2014) and Understanding Counselling and Psychotherapy (2010; both Sage). He has authored three textbooks and published 17 book chapters and 19 articles in peer-reviewed papers on topics related to counselling and psychotherapy (family therapy, infidelity, online counselling, health psychology, psychiatry) and research methods. Andreas is on the editorial board of Counselling Psychology Quarterly and Forum Community-Psychology. Naomi Moller trained as a counselling psychologist in the United States. She is a chartered psychologist, a BACP registered counsellor, and a Professor of Psychology and Psychotherapy at The Open University. Naomi has worked with clients for about 25 years, mostly with adults in longer-term therapy. She is an integrative practitioner with humanistic values and relating at the core but draws on other understandings (attachment, psychodynamic) and techniques (emotion-focused therapy).

The editors of this book have assembled contributions from key authors who explain comprehensively the rationales for research and methods of conducting it, in accessible language that invites readers to overcome anxieties and doubts about using research. Vossler and Moller′s Handbook deserves to become the authoritative resource for practitioners and students of counselling and psychotherapy.

• IntroductionSetting the scene – Why research matters - Andreas Vossler, Naomi Moller & Mick CooperAttitudes to and perceptions of research - Andreas Vossler & Naomi MollerBeginning the research journeyChoosing a research question - Elaine KasketHow to read and understand research - Elena Gil-RodiguezDoing a literature review - Meg BarkerIntroduction to research methodology - Ladislav TimulakPlanning your research: Design, method and sample - Terry Hanley, Clodagh Jordan & Kasia WilkEthical considerations - Tim BondWriting a research proposal - Mark DonatiMethodologies and methods for doing researchQuantitative methods - Elspeth TwiggHow to use t-tests to explore pre-post change - Elspeth Twigg & Paul RedfordQualitative methods - Linda FinlayHow to use thematic analysis with interview data - Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke & Nicola RanceCase studies methodologies - Julia McLeod, Mhairi Thurston & John McLeodHow to use case study methodology with single client therapy data - Mhairi Thurston, Julia McLeod & John McLeodCompleting the research journeyDissemination of research - Andrew ReevesStudent top tips - Brian Sreenan, Harriet Smith & Charles FrostNext steps – Building on and using research in training and practice - Peter Stratton, Naomi Moller & Andreas Vossler