SELF RESEARCH, The intersection of therapy and research by Law, Ian - 2014

Paperback / softback. New. '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… Read More

Routledge, 2013. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 160 pages. 8.50x5.55x0.35 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

Routledge. Paperback. New. 8x5x0.