'Let me in! A comment on insider research'. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ellis-Caird, Helen
• Is Part Of: European journal of psychotherapy, counselling, and health. Volume 19:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: insider research -- qualitative inquiry -- quality criteria -- accessibility of research; investigación dentro del campo -- investigación cualitativa -- criterio cualitativo -- accesibilidad a la investigación; la ricerca Insider -- indagine qualitativa -- criteri di qualità -- l'accessibilità della ricerca; recherché de l'intérieur -- enquête qualitative -- critères de qualité -- accessibilité de la recherche; ερευνητής «εκ των έσω» -- ποιοτική έρευνα -- κριτήρια ποιότητας -- προσβασιμότητα στην έρευνα; Counseling -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Europe -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Europe -- Periodicals; 616.891405
• DOI: 10.1080/13642537.2017.1289973
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-2537

Abstract

Abstract: This issue of EJPC foregrounds the work of insider researchers investigating clinical practice in an array of contexts including one-to-one work with trauma, group work with those who have been abused, adoptive family work and work with a home treatment team and inpatient team. In this comment piece, I consider the papers from an outsider's perspective and apply a quality lens to gain a surer hold of what the papers can offer. I've highlighted the rich resonance of many of the accounts, but also the specialist language in which most are written, and the lack of space for discussion of the process of research or analysis of data conducted. I argue that this creates barriers in the way of these papers being consumed, understood and applied by a wider audience, which may mean that the impact and implications of the work are not fully realised.