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Author:   Del Loewenthal (University of Roehampton, UK) ,  Angela Abela
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781041080688

ISBN 10:   1041080689
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   29 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Research, phenomenology, and the nature of psychotherapeutic knowledge 1. Psychotherapeutic research and practice: Do we need to talk about ‘efficacy’? 2. Travelling in time: Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine temporal aspects of the personal experience of issues in health and well-being* 3. Uncertainty and existential thinking 4. Using medical records in qualitative research. Advantages and limitations 5. Developing reflexivity and self-compassion in group psychotherapy: A dialogical and narrative approach 6. Exploring the grief journey of bereaved spouses: Insights into the impact of sedation within palliative care 7. “Lost in space and time”: Fathers’ experiences of preterm birth 8. Body as mediator: Case understanding in salutogenic-oriented general practitioner consultation 9. School organisational trauma during student suicide crisis 10. Living with and living by tattoos – discursive analysis of a bodily practice 11. Towards a psychotherapy publishing ethics concordat 12. Wished I’d been there: Reflections on the special issue’s articles as refracted through my appreciations for qualitative researchers’ innovativeness 13. Reading with love: Developing therapeutic imagination through purposeful engagement with qualitative research Endnote - The Possibility of Phenomenology and Psychotherapeutic Knowledge?

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Del Loewenthal is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the University of Roehampton, London, UK. He is an existential-analytic psychotherapist, photographer, and chartered psychologist, with a particular interest in phenomenology. Angela Abela is Professor and founding Head of the Department of Child and Family Studies, University of Malta, a clinical psychologist, a UKCP registered family therapist, and a supervisor.

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