Becoming a Reflexive Researcher

Kim Etherington is a Reader at the University of Bristol, and is a BACP accredited counsellor and supervisor in private practice. She has worked as an occupational therapist in NHS general and psychiatric hospitals, social services and charitable organisations, including a child guidance clinic and a community for people with autism. She is the editor of Trauma, the Body and Transformation and author of Narrative Approaches to Working with Adult Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Acknowledgements. Part One - Bringing Theories Alive. 1. Introduction. 2. Reflexivity: Meanings and Other Matters. 3. Everything But the Kitchen Sink. 4. Re-telling Stories of `Everything But the Kitchen Sink'. 5. Methodologies and Methods. Endnote to Part One: Beware: A Poem. Part Two - The Master's Stage of the Journey. 6. A Personal Journey: My Master's Stage. 7. The Supervisor's Role in Reflexive Research at the Master's Stage. 8. Heuristic Research as a Vehicle for Growth and Development. 9. Keeping a Reflexive Research Journal. 10. Autoethnography. 11. Using Creativity in Autoethnography - contribution by Sue Law. Endnote to Part Two: Talking to the World. Part Three - The Doctoral Stage. 12. The PhD Candidate-Supervisor Relationship. 13. Connecting Doctoral Research Topics to Ourselves. 14. Stories of Liberation and Independence by Viv Martin. 15. Too Close to Home: A Dilemma of Involvement. 16. Reflexive Embodied Research. 17. Ethical Relationships in Reflexive Research. Part Four - The Post-Doctoral Stages. 18. Becoming a Reflexive Post-Doctoral Researcher. Endnotes: A Dream. Final Synthesis of Voices.