Summary
Contents
Subject index
Many counselling courses have a strong research element built into the modules and students are expected to gain a thorough understanding of research issues early on in their studies. This accessible and practical textbook will demystify research and make it relevant to counselling practice. There are sections on linking clinical practice to research, developing ‘curiosity’ and engaging with the data. The book uses clinical practice as a basis for understanding research, and makes connections between the activity of therapy and the research process.
Getting to Grips with Research
Getting to Grips with Research
Core Knowledge
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- appraise the importance of planning in research;
- analyse the role of procedural ethics and ethics committees in research practice.
A subtitle to this chapter might have been ‘It seemed like a good idea at the time’, a feeling that has pervaded the writing of this book for us at points! Planning is important to most endeavours, and especially to projects that are likely to take considerable time and effort. McLeod reflects that: The research literature tends to offer a neat and tidy representation of what research is like (2013b, p72). Research, like life, is not however always ‘neat’, especially for ...
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