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.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Concepts for Critical Psychology |
Release date: |
December 2013 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Ian Law
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
142 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-59931-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-59931-8 |
Barcode: |
9780415599313 |
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