Main description:

* Explores the overlap/parallels between the work of clinicians and qualitative researchers. * Suggests how postmodern therapeutic approaches can be integrated into methods of data collection and analysis. * Examines a range of postmodern therapies, including collaborative language systems, narrative therapy, and solution-focused brief therapy. * Offers an innovative and unique way of enhancing the skills of the qualitative researcher, with an emphasis on reflective practice.

Contents:

1. What is a researcher? What is a therapist? 2. Epistemology and Philosophy 3. Postmodern Therapies and Approaches 4. Collaborative Language Systems in Research 5. The Narrative Interviewer 6. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Approach to Research 7. Hierarchy and Self-disclosure 8. On Writing