Volume 14

Editorial

Qualitative Research: The “good,” the “bad,” the “ugly”

This article explores what constitutes “Good,” “Bad,” and “Ugly” qualitative research towards more fully appreciating the nature and vision of its project.

Reflexivity woven through qualitative health research: A researcher's experience

Engaging in a qualitative, autobiographical research project as a nurse researcher provided a place and space to explore reflexive ways of being.

Learning from embodied tension: A naturalistic multimodal single case study of nonverbal expressions and interactions in a psychotherapy training process

This multimodal single case study explored how nonverbal communication was handled in a psychodynamic training process.

Hermeneutic Existential Phenomenology as a psychotherapeutic and philosophical attunement to educate novice researchers

This paper develops a hermeneutic existential phenomenological (HEP) approach to the research education of novice researchers.

A comparison between the concepts of Heuristic Enquiry and Tazkiyat-un-nafs

This article offers a comparison between concepts of heuristic enquiry and tazkiyat-un-nafs, the Islamic concept of self/soul purification and/or reformation of the spiritual heart (qalb).

Conducting psychotherapeutic research with Free Association Narrative Interview

This is a reflexive, first person account of a doctoral journey addressing key junctions and critical decisions in choosing methodology.

Falling into Glăveanu’s Gap: A lyric essay searching for resilience through creativity

This paper is in two parts comprising a literature review and a creative, non-fiction, lyric essay format to explore interplay between ambivalent emotions, creativity, and resilience.

“Feeling at home” or not? A qualitative investigation into therapists’ experienced congruence between their personal self and their professional role

Research suggests that conducting psychotherapy successfully involves an integration of professional and personal knowledge on the part of the psychotherapist.

Framing and Transforming Shame: Exploring shame from a person-centred perspective

Shame is a key emotion requiring understanding in therapeutic practice. This study explored shame as understood and experienced by person-centred counsellors and psychotherapists.

Exploring the experience of Racialisation and subsequent experiences of psychological therapy for Black and Multi-ethnic clients in Ireland

Research suggests pervasive disparities in mental health diagnoses, levels of care and treatment outcomes for Black or Multi-ethnic service users compared to white service users. This study explores the mental health implications of being racialised and…

How female therapists and their patients deal with being a disputable, unimaginable, or occasional Swede: Explorations of similarity of nonprivilege

In this qualitative study, conducted in Sweden, the authors investigated therapists' experiences of therapeutic dyads in which both therapist and patient identified with a non-normative ethnicity or migration experience.