Roger Grainger is a registered dramatherapist, chartered counselling psychologist and occasional TV actor. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Leeds University, as well as doctorates in Theology and Implicit Religion, and he has worked as psychiatric chaplain for the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield. He is one of the founders of the National Funeral College and is the author of several books.

With Researching the Arts Therapies Roger Grainger has given arts therapists an easy-to-read yet thought-provoking discussion of how particular definitions of research affect our understanding of and practice of arts therapies.

• Preface. 1. Artists and healers. 2. Researching an arts therapy. 3. The outline of research. 4. The quantative approach. 5. Evaluating therapy by number. 6. The qualitative approach. 7. Action approaches to research. 8. Practitioner-research. 9. Art-based research. 10. A research repetoire. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

Roger Grainger is a registered dramatherapist, chartered counselling psychologist and occasional TV actor. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Leeds University, as well as doctorates in Theology and Implicit Religion, and he has worked as psychiatric chaplain for the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield. He is one of the founders of the National Funeral College and is the author of several books.

With Researching the Arts Therapies Roger Grainger has given arts therapists an easy-to-read yet thought-provoking discussion of how particular definitions of research affect our understanding of and practice of arts therapies.

• Preface. 1. Artists and healers. 2. Researching an arts therapy. 3. The outline of research. 4. The quantative approach. 5. Evaluating therapy by number. 6. The qualitative approach. 7. Action approaches to research. 8. Practitioner-research. 9. Art-based research. 10. A research repetoire. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

Roger Grainger is a registered dramatherapist, chartered counselling psychologist and occasional TV actor. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Leeds University, as well as doctorates in Theology and Implicit Religion, and he has worked as psychiatric chaplain for the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield. He is one of the founders of the National Funeral College and is the author of several books.

With Researching the Arts Therapies Roger Grainger has given arts therapists an easy-to-read yet thought-provoking discussion of how particular definitions of research affect our understanding of and practice of arts therapies.

• Preface. 1. Artists and healers. 2. Researching an arts therapy. 3. The outline of research. 4. The quantative approach. 5. Evaluating therapy by number. 6. The qualitative approach. 7. Action approaches to research. 8. Practitioner-research. 9. Art-based research. 10. A research repetoire. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.