Qualitative methods in psychotherapy outcome research

Brian Rodgers; Robert Elliott

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1382-0_27

Qualitative methods in psychotherapy outcome research

Brian Rodgers, Robert Elliott

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This chapter highlights the potential and variety of qualitative methods that can be applied to counselling and psychotherapy outcome research. The chapter’s main focus is on outlining the various forms of qualitative data collection methods that are available to researchers. This is followed by an overview of the various qualitative analysis methods that can be utilised for interpreting the data. Finally, the limitations of qualitative outcome research are discussed, including a number of approaches to evaluating the credibility of such research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Psychotherapy Research
Subtitle of host publication	Foundations, Process and Outcome
Editors	Omar C. G. Gelo, Alfred Pritz, Bernd Rieken
Place of Publication	Vienna
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	559-578
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9783709113820
ISBN (Print)	9783709113813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1382-0_27
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

psychotherapy
qualitative outcome research
narrative assessment interview

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