A highly practical and accessible guide that throws a lifebelt to any counselling trainee or practitioner learning about the research process.

John McLeod has held appointments in universities in the UK, New Zealand and Italy, and is currently Professor of Counselling at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin, and Professor of Psychology, University of Oslo. He is committed to promoting the relevance of research as a means of informing therapy practice and improving the quality of services that are available to clients, and has received an award from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy for his exceptional contribution to research. His writing has influenced a generation of trainees in the field of counselling, counselling psychology and psychotherapy, and his books are widely adopted on training programmes across the world.

Entering the World of Research
Reading Research
Developing Your Research Question
The Research Proposal
Ethical Responsibility
Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of a Research Study
Using Quantitative Methods
Qualitative Methods: Key Principles
Basic Research Tools
Using Qualitative Interviews to Explore the Client's Experience of Therapy
Research on Professional Knowledge
Evaluating Outcome: Practice-based Research
Carrying Out a Systematic Case Study
Using Personal Experience as a Basis for Research: Autoethnography
Disseminating the Findings of Your Research Study