Research Books
Clinical Research in Psychoanalysis: Theoretical Basis and Experiences through Working Parties
This book offers different theoretical approaches about what clinical research is.
Clinical Research in Psychoanalysis is a unique contribution to the attempts to bridge the gap between... (more)
Ethics in Research
This book encourages reflection upon the inescapable ethical dimensions of the conduct of research. Gregory explores how ethical concerns inform not only the conduct of research but how they enter... (more)
Essential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy
What can child and adolescent counsellors and therapists learn from research? What evidence is there for the effectiveness of different therapies and techniques? How can developmental or neuroscience... (more)
Practitioner Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: The Power of Examples
This evocative and thought-provoking book calls for an overhaul of how counselling and psychotherapy research is framed and conducted. Packed full of first-hand examples from a wealth of different... (more)
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Psychotherapy Research
In this collection, international contributors come together to discuss how qualitative and quantitative methods can be used in psychotherapy research. The book considers the advantages and... (more)
Fostering Now: Messages from Research
What are the consequences of fostering for children, their carers and their birth families? What are the best ways of recruiting, retaining and supporting foster carers? What are the most important... (more)
Mixed Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice
This accessibly written book is ideal for use in graduate courses or by practicing researchers and evaluators. The author puts the research problem at center stage, showing how mixed methods designs... (more)
Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice
The importance of conducting empirical research for the future of psychodynamics is presented in this excellent new volume. In it, the editors provide evidence that supports this type of research for... (more)
From Psychoanalytic Narrative to Empirical Single Case Research: Implications for Psychoanalytic Practice
Recognition of the need for empirical research and interest in its findings are growing in psychoanalysis. Many psychoanalysts now acknowledge that research is imperative to try to deal with the... (more)
Qualitative Research Practice
This concise paperback edition of the best selling handbook, "Qualitative Research Practice", is particularly aimed at the student reader. The chapters are written by leading, internationally... (more)
Researching the Psychotherapy Process: A Practical Guide to Transcript-Based Methods
This hands-on introduction to psychotherapy process research methods takes the student clinician/researcher through the basic steps of developing a research project based on a transcript of a... (more)
Transforming Qualitative Information: Thematic Analysis and Code Development
Thematic analysis - a process for encoding qualitative information - can be thought of as a bridge between the languages of qualitative and quantitative research. This book helps students and... (more)
Handbook of qualitative research methods for psychology & the social sciences
An important work in which a distinguished team of psychologists, sociologists and social anthropologists explain the principles, practice, and problems of using qualitative research methods in a... (more)
Working for a doctorate: A guide for the humanities and social sciences
New PhD students often find no framework for study, few deadlines and little peer support. This text addresses the problems of the research process, such as finance and time-management and offers... (more)
Interpreting Qualitative Data: Fifth Edition
In this fifth edition of his field-defining text, David Silverman, a true guru of qualitative research, walks the reader through the basics of gathering and analyzing qualitative data. The book... (more)
Doing Mental Health Research With Children and Adolescents: A Guide to Qualitative Methods
Researching child and adolescent mental health can be a daunting task, but with the right practical skills and knowledge your students can transform the way they work with children and young people,... (more)
Doing Practice-Based Research in Therapy: A Reflexive Approach
Learning how to use critical self-reflection creatively when practising therapy is an important component of training. This level of self-awareness is, however, often neglected in research, despite... (more)
Doing Qualitative Research Differently: A Psychosocial Approach: Second Edition
Hollway and Jefferson have updated their ground-breaking book for students and researchers looking to do qualitative research differently. The new edition critically reviews many of the assumptions,... (more)
Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy: A Guide for Students and Practitioners
This book provides a user-friendly introduction to the qualitative methods most commonly used in the mental health and psychotherapy arena. Chapters are written by leading researchers and the editors... (more)
Study Skills for Psychology: Succeeding in Your Degree
"Study Skills for Psychology" has been shaped around a typical Psychology student's journey. Beginning with an overview of the nature of the degree and advice about what needs to be sorted out in the... (more)
Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
"Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology" is a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of research philosophies, approaches, tools, and techniques indigenous to... (more)
Doing qualitative analysis in psychology:
This text provides examples of how different psychologists have used qualitative analysis in research. Each chapter is based around a real piece of research, and the researcher discusses exactly how... (more)
Reworking Qualitative Data
Written by an experienced researcher and teacher with a background in sociology, the book is a comprehensive and invaluable introduction to this growing field of social research. (more)
Realist Evaluation in Practice: Health and Social Work
To show how realist evaluation has the potential to change practice, the author provides in-depth examples of evaluation in adult rehabilitation, drug using communities, users of family centres and... (more)
High Quality Psychotherapy Research: From Conception to Piloting to National Trials
Although psychotherapy research shares many of the same methodological issues that pharmacology trials do, psychotherapy research poses unique challenges, including the difficulty (if not near... (more)