Doing Research in Psychological Therapies: A Step-by-Step Guide

This comprehensive and highly practical 'how to' book guides researchers from start to finish through the research process. The easy-to-follow consecutive steps cover: basic academic skills, literature reviews, research aims, selection of quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods, research and ethics proposals, data collection and analysis, and final thesis or report. Supported by decision-making flowcharts, further reading, reflective questions, state-of-the-art trends and templates, this book ensures you produce a sound and coherent research project that fulfils your training and publication requirements. It is the go-to guide for beginning and advanced researchers in counselling, psychotherapy, counselling and clinical psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines.

Dr Joel Vos, PhD, Cpsychol trained as a Clinical and Health Psychologist and Philosopher, and works as researcher, lecturer and therapist in Counselling Psychology.