Methodology
This involves systematically examining written or spoken language to understand meaning, patterns, and how ideas are constructed. This is the focus of CA7308.
What is textural analysis
This approach involves practitioners investigating their own practice with the intention of creating change or improvement.
What is action research
This refers to the beliefs and assumptions a counsellor holds about people, how problems develop, how change occurs, and what the therapeutic relationship should look like.
What is bias
When counsellors work alongside psychologists, social workers, GPs, teachers, or other professionals, they are engaging in this.
What is collaboration/ multi-discipline practice
This type of research involves studying people's stories and the ways they make meaning from their experiences.
What is narrative research
A counsellor recognises that a client's wellbeing may be affected by housing, employment, family relationships, healthcare, and social policy.
What is systems perspective
This refers to the underlying beliefs and assumptions that guide how a counsellor understands people, problems, change, and the counselling relationship.
What is counselling practice philosophy
A counsellor wants to advocate for improved mental-health services. Rather than working in isolation, they collect evidence and collaborate with relevant organisations and professionals.
What is systems informed practice / thematic analysis / MDT
This is the process of assigning labels to meaningful pieces of qualitative data.
What is Coding
A researcher investigates how the language used around addiction constructs some people as "responsible" and others as "irresponsible."
What is discourse analysis
Simply saying "I use this approach because I like it" would generally be insufficient. A counsellor should be able to do this with their practice philosophy.
What is justify and provide clinical rationale (evidence)
A key challenge when working across counselling sectors is that different professions may have different terminology, roles, ethical requirements, and approaches.
What is differences in professional practice
In textual analysis, this refers to examining the context in which a text was produced, including its intended audience and purpose.
What is content analysis
A counsellor reviews six months of their own practice notes and repeatedly notices clients discussing difficulty establishing boundaries. Identifying this recurring pattern is an example of this.
What is identifying themes
A counsellor's personal values can influence how they understand clients and therapeutic change. The process of examining how these beliefs influence practice is called this.
What is reflective practice standards
A funding proposal becomes stronger when it connects the proposed counselling service to these three things: an identified need, evidence-informed intervention, and measurable...
What is outcomes
Unlike simply summarising a text, this approach asks questions about themes within language, meaning, assumptions, and what is emphasised or left out.
What is discourse analysis
A counsellor explains why their chosen approach fits their understanding of clients, therapeutic change, ethics, and the available research.
What is evidence based practice
Research evidence, professional experience, ethical principles, client perspectives, and theoretical assumptions can all contribute to this.
What is Clinical Rationale (therapeutic reasoning)
A counsellor discovers that clients from one service are repeatedly being referred elsewhere without clear communication between professionals. The counsellor investigates the problem, collaborates with other services, implements a new referral process, and evaluates it. What research method was utilised?
What is Action research