From leading researcher and bestselling author, John McLeod, this substantially rewritten and restructured third edition is the most accessible and comprehensive how to guide on conducting a successful research project in counselling and psychotherapy. Taking you step-by-step through the research process, this new edition includes:

 

A list of 9 basic principles for doing meaningful and practically useful researchChapters on basic research skills: developing a research question, critically evaluating research studies, compiling a research proposal, using qualitative and quantitative methods, and fulfilling the requirements of ethics committeesChapters on 5 main types of research product that can be accomplished by novice researchers: qualitative interview studies, systematic case studies, practice-based outcome research, autoethnographic inquiry, and publishable literature reviewsGuidance on how to get your work published.

 

Supported by acompanion website (https://study.sagepub.com/mcleod) offering relevant journal articles, sample ethical consent forms, links to open access research tools and more, this is an indispensable resource for any counselling trainee or practitioner learning about the research process for the first time.John McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of Abertay Dundee.

 

Doing Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Basic PrinciplesReading the Literature: Placing Research in ContextDeveloping Your Research QuestionThe Research ProposalEthical ResponsabilityCriteria for Evaluating the Quality of a Research StudyUsing Quantitative MethodsUsing Qualitative MethodsBasic Research ToolsCarrying Out a Publishable Literature ReviewUsing Qualitative Interviews to Explore the Experience of TherapyEvaluating Outcome: Practice-based ResearchCarrying Out a Systematic Case StudyUsing Personal Experience as a Basis for ResearchDisseminating the Findings of your Research StudyBuinding on Basic Research Competence: Further Possibilities