Integrating Postmodern Therapy and Qualitative Research

<p>This book integrates postmodern theories of therapeutic research and practice to demonstrate how these approaches can be effectively integrated into methods of data collection and analysis.</p><p>Drawing from theories of counseling and marriage and family therapy the book thoroughly explores the similarities between therapy and qualitative research. Chapters consider therapies which offer a humanistic way of being such as collaborative language systems narrative therapy and solution-focused brief therapy and identify complementary philosophies and traits that can be used to guide the qualitative researcher’s practice. Transcripts and vignettes of the author’s practice as both a therapist and a researcher further help to illuminate how readers might enrich their processes of research and data analysis.</p><p>Suitable for use on graduate-level qualitative research courses as well as an adjunct to marriage and family therapy courses <i>Integrating Postmodern Therapy and Qualitative Research </i>innovatively encourages readers to reflect on and develop their personal practice and approach to analyzing key information. </p>