Case Studies
Single-case and small-n studies of therapy processes, clients and practitioners. 8 records.
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Reflecting on qualitative survey psychotherapy research: A feminist phronetic case study
This reflective commentary offers a case study of being an experienced qualitative researcher conducting psychotherapy research as a novice practitioner.
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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.
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The power of Presence: Exploring experiences of therapy with a client suffering from a chronic neurological condition
This article explores the applicability of the Gestalt paradigm in therapy involving clients with chronic and/or progressive physiological illnesses, through a case study.
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The case of the disappearing twin: How writing brought me closer to my self
Using writing as a means of inquiry, I aim to analyse a change over time in my creative writing and consider what this change tells me about myself.
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Forming an Integrative Training Concept: A case study of the training in psychotherapy integration
The literature on the nature of integrative psychotherapy training is patchy. This study aimed to explore how integrative elements are conceptualized and taught.
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A Phenomenological Exploration of Tattooing: A Personal and Meaning-filled Experience
This paper explores what one woman’s tattoos subjectively mean to her in the context of her life, merging a dialogical-relational Gestalt theoretical base with a relational-hermeneutic approach.
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‘Life After Delivery’: a phenomenological enquiry into one woman’s experience
This research explores one woman’s experience following the birth of a child using a phenomenological, relational-centred research approach.
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Construction of anger in one successful case of psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy: Problem (re)formulation and the negotiation of moral context
This paper provides a worked exemplar of psychotherapy research using conversation analysis inspired discourse analysis, exploring its usefulness for qualitative psychotherapy research.