Using Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy [Paperback]

In this book bestselling author John McLeod examines the multiple ways in which research can be used to inform and enhance counselling practice. The author discusses how research impacts on policy and practice, covering research knowledge, values, research awareness and skills. Further chapters cover:

• Using research to understand the therapy process and outcomes
• Using research to make sense of other lives
• Using client feedback to enhance practice
• Using research to build professional networks and effective organisations.   

The book can be used throughout training on counselling, psychotherapy and counselling psychology courses, to support the development of professional competencies and personal development.  It will also be valuable reading for both practitioners and researchers.

Not just a book about research methods, this book explores multiple ways in which research can be used to inform and enhance counselling practice.

This is a warm-hearted book about research, written as an invitation to practitioners to come to the research table, bringing the voices of their clients with curiosity and openness, a sense of inclusion and the means of collaboration. I would recommend this book for seasoned researchers to review and reflect on their work, and novice researchers to explore the many possibilities available to them for conducting and using research...It would also be useful for educators and training organisations, managers and policy makers due to its comprehensive and diversel‡