Research methods and methodologies

Articles on research theory and practice.

Underserved communities

In the sense that the research methods and methodologies we use, examine, propose and about which we publish are not mainstream, this strand of our research serves the underserved community of psychotherapy research, and is thus both enhancing education – and research – and, thereby strengthening psychotherapeutic practice. Our work encompasses writing up work with students, and contributing chapters to a series of books (edited by Keith Tudor and Jonathan Wyatt) on qualitative research for psychotherapy and counselling.

Current status

• Keith Tudor and Jonathan Wyatt are planning further volumes of edited books which focus on qualitative research approaches for psychotherapy (to be published by Routledge)

Outcomes

Research outputs

• Shaw, S., & Tudor, K. (2024). Istoria and Eureka: Valuing story and discovery in research and publication in the human sciences. Ethics and Social Welfare, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2023.2299980
• Day, E. (2023). Keeping it real: Grounded theory for a profession on the brink. In  Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (Eds.), Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality . (1st ed.) Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280859
• Green, E. (2023). (Re)searching poetically: Poetic inquiry in psychotherapy. In  Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (Eds.), Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality. (1st ed.) Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280859
• Ioane, J., & Tapu Tu’itahi, A. (2023). Pasifika research methodologies and psychotherapy. In  Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (Eds.), Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality. (1st ed.) Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280859
• Thomas-Anttila, K., & Solomon, M. (2023). Hermeneutic phenomenology: Exploring and making meaning of lived experience in psychotherapy research. In  Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (Eds.), Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality. (1st ed.) Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280859
• Tudor, K. (2023). Critical heuristics in psychotherapy research: From ‘I-who-feels’ to ‘We-who-care—and act.’ In  Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (Eds.), Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality. (1st ed.) Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280859
• Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (2023). Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality. (1st ed) Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280859
• Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (2023). Re-searching research: Reflections on contributions to qualitative and post-qualitative research. In  Tudor, K., & Wyatt, J. (Eds.), Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality. (1st ed.) Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280859
• McCabe, R., & Day, E. (2022). Counsellors’ experiences of the use of mindfulness in the treatment of depression and anxiety: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 22(1), 166–174. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12428
• Tudor, K. (2022). Supporting critical self-enquiry: Doing heuristic research. In Bager-Charleson, S., McBeath, A. (Eds), Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13942-0_4
• Tudor, K., & Green, E. (Eds.) (2022). Psyche and academia: Papers from 21 years of the Auckland University of Technology psychotherapy Master’s programmes. Tuwhera Open Access Publishing. https://doi.org/10.24135/TOAB.10

Community relationships

In undertaking this work, we are building community relationships with international colleagues in the field of psychotherapy and counselling research.