LLRC November

Collaborative research: This session offers a view of how, as a practitioner-researcher, I have used reflexive collaborative engagement with others to co-construct new knowledge.

Presenter: Kim Etherington

Date: Saturday 1st November 10:00am-11.15am

In conversation with Dr Jeannie Wright we will reflect upon the practices and processes involved in a project I undertook to explore my clients’ experiences of being in therapy with me.  These ideas can apply equally to practitioners in the field of using words and writing for wellbeing who want to research their practice through inviting, listening and dialoguing, and making sense of experience with individuals or group members. 

My curiosity was partly driven by my belief that we need to be accountable for our practice, and partly by my need to discover if, and how, my competence had developed over the years, and what worked and what didn’t work for my clients.

About the Presenter 

Kim Etherington PhD is a professor emerita of Narrative and Life Story Research at the University of Bristol, UK, a trauma therapist, and board member for LIRIC – the Lapidus research journal.

Etherington, K. (2000). Narrative approaches to working with adult male survivors of child sexual abuse: The clients’, the counsellor’s and the researcher’s story. London: Jessica Kingley Pubs:

Jeannie Wright PhD: Lapidus International is the group of people I’ve stuck with – for decades now – unlike most other organisations, workplaces and countries! I’m on the LIRIC Editorial Board. Kim and I were joint Chair of Lapidus for a while and joint Research Director of Lapidus International for even longer. Finding one of Kim’s books 25 years ago enabled me to finish some research I was just starting.

Wright, J. (2018) Reflective writing in counselling and psychotherapy 2^nd ED. Los Angeles: SAGE. 

Suggested Reading

As examples of collaborative research.

Etherington, K. ((2000) Researching, writing and publishing trauma stories: learning from practice. LIRIC journal, Vol.1, Issue 1: pp 62-85. https://liric.lapidus.org.uk/index.php/lirj/article/view/20/10 

Useful edited book on collaborative processes – both ‘telling’ and ‘showing’. In depth accounts of the practice of collaborative, dialogic conversations that can transform lives from diverse disciplines and contexts

Anderson, H., & Gehart, D. (2007). Collaborative Therapy: Relationships and Conversations That Make a Difference. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

Gehart, D., Tarragona, M., & Bava, S. (2007). A collaborative approach to research and inquiry. In H. Anderson & D. Gehart (Eds.), Collaborative therapy: Relationships and conversations that make a difference (pp. 367–387). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

Zoom Link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82940420052 

About the Lapidus Living Research Community

The Lapidus Living Research Community (LLRC) meets on the first Saturday of every month via Zoom to discuss all things research, with a focus on qualitative arts-based research practices, theory and methods.

All Lapidus members are welcome, regardless of research experience. FREE AND NO TICKETS REQUIRED. Use the Zoom link above to access the event.