Self Research

The intersection of therapy and research

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology
Cover of the book Self Research by Ian Law, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ian Law ISBN: 9781317935261
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 3, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Ian Law
ISBN: 9781317935261
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 3, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

‘Self research’ is both a therapeutic and a research endeavour that enables the subject of the research to interpret and validate their own data. In Self Research, Ian Law outlines and draws together the theoretical, institutional and practice elements of this work, and offers illustrative examples of how different elements of the methodology can be applied in practice. He proposes a methodology for the practice of self research that is based on an epistemological approach, thereby closing the interpretative gap between the researcher and the researched.

Engaging in therapeutic work with those who experience their sense of self as problematic can be transformative in two key respects: it enables them to produce a sense of self which acknowledges that an understanding of one’s self is discursively produced, and it helps locate that sense of self within its historical, political and social context. By setting out the theoretical underpinnings of the process across a range of different contexts, Law develops a methodology for doing ‘talk therapy’, and researching the self that are one and the same.

This methodology allows those who are both the subject and object of their own research to have the authority to determine its meaning, relevance and validity. The book will be essential for advanced students of counselling, along with practicing therapists in psychotherapy across different schools of practice.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

‘Self research’ is both a therapeutic and a research endeavour that enables the subject of the research to interpret and validate their own data. In Self Research, Ian Law outlines and draws together the theoretical, institutional and practice elements of this work, and offers illustrative examples of how different elements of the methodology can be applied in practice. He proposes a methodology for the practice of self research that is based on an epistemological approach, thereby closing the interpretative gap between the researcher and the researched.

Engaging in therapeutic work with those who experience their sense of self as problematic can be transformative in two key respects: it enables them to produce a sense of self which acknowledges that an understanding of one’s self is discursively produced, and it helps locate that sense of self within its historical, political and social context. By setting out the theoretical underpinnings of the process across a range of different contexts, Law develops a methodology for doing ‘talk therapy’, and researching the self that are one and the same.

This methodology allows those who are both the subject and object of their own research to have the authority to determine its meaning, relevance and validity. The book will be essential for advanced students of counselling, along with practicing therapists in psychotherapy across different schools of practice.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Postmodernism and Popular Culture by Ian Law
Cover of the book Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific by Ian Law
Cover of the book Understanding Experience by Ian Law
Cover of the book Responding to Crises in the African Great Lakes by Ian Law
Cover of the book Competitive Marketing (RLE Marketing) by Ian Law
Cover of the book Children's Spaces by Ian Law
Cover of the book British Scientists of the Twentieth Century by Ian Law
Cover of the book Law & the Beautiful Soul by Ian Law
Cover of the book Gaetano Donizetti by Ian Law
Cover of the book Advanced Nursing Practice and Nurse-led Clinics in Oncology by Ian Law
Cover of the book Electoral Violence in the Western Balkans by Ian Law
Cover of the book Discipline in Schools by Ian Law
Cover of the book The International Politics of Mass Atrocities by Ian Law
Cover of the book Development During the Transition to Adolescence by Ian Law
Cover of the book Reconsidering the Bicycle by Ian Law
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy