Case Study Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy (McLeod 2010)
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• This book has been written at a point in the history of counselling and psychotherapy at which there is enormous external pressure on the profession to produce evidence of its effectiveness.
T/z:BA(u*gN+\0 • The aim of this book is to provide the conceptual understanding and practical tools required to conduct systematic, high-quality therapy case studies.
P[+lZ&|,vy0 A Few Purposes in Mind心理学空间L+E\B5Js
• To make a contribution to shared professional and scientific knowledge, by presenting carefully documented and rigorously analysed case-based evidence
X"F(tJ^+W:k|O0 • To enable users of therapy and practitioners to gain an understanding of what actually happens in different forms of therapy for different client problems
cD"K-Nw P-zL^t0 • To provide a structure for personal and professional development in therapists, in the form of opportunities to reflect on practice
*Hr5d:r;LO0 The advantages of case study methods
/W4x$I?2oW4v0 • The case study as a form of narrative knowing心理学空间Su2|w%|0Bo$Nh
• The case study as a means of representing complexity
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(eR8P6fiC"K"X4c0 • Describing and analyzing practical expertise in action心理学空间2lk_ g#eJ5WxN E[ Z-O
• Developing a critical perspective
9Q+TFF(L3S k[4e0 • Flexibility心理学空间U.k `I[,\
• Analysing and reporting innovative practice心理学空间hb&XJ-v H
• Learning from unusual cases
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• Are case studies necessary?
gM8})?l1w'mT0 • How is it possible to do case studies well?
n D2u5b0D&C0 • What is best practice in case study research and inquiry?
v+?Mm)lN{;dS0 • How is it possible to assess whether a case study is plausible and credible, or biased and worthless?心理学空间z;hN6@1@
Traditional clinical case study
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• However, these case studies do not provide reliable evidence about what actually happens in a case, because they are not able to supply data that can be subjected to any kind of independent scrutiny. 心理学空间 c/RK'w2X }
• In addition, there is good reason to believe that the information that is provided in a typical clinical case study may be constructed around selective remembering and reporting on the part of the therapist-author. 心理学空间BXt&SG0d
Limitations
8g:}D&d0T:{"x0 • It is impossible to recall everything that happened in a therapy session: it seems inevitable that important information may have been lost心理学空间 eI/W%W)D h j9N
• Writing a retrospective account of a session introduces the possibility that the writer has reconstructed events in line with his or her pre-existing assumptions心理学空间gFGtlvP/m*nE
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• There is an absence of other perspectives – for instance, the views of the client regarding the helpfulness of the therapy
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• Donald Spence (1989, 2001) has argued that the methodology of clinical case study leads to a process of ‘narrative smoothing’, in which aspects of therapy are selectively recalled, in line with the therapist’s pre-existing theoretical framework of personal interests, while contradictory evidence is overlooked.
Mj1L+Phv0 • The tendency for contemporary therapy writers to publish case examples or vignettes, rather than full-blown case studies, serves to exacerbate these difficulties, because only selected segments of case materials are presented.
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uW@'Y+?/W!X^0 • The history of case study research in counselling and psychotherapy can be viewed a struggle between a desire to retain the valuable qualities of traditional therapist-generated clinical case studies, while introducing some elements of methodological rigour.
2V ]&|,`i&hnr0 Criticisms of case study methods心理学空间pr]-oGh{s ]
• Case studies are biased, and merely function as vehicles for publicizing the pre-existing assumptions of those who carry them out
q(A?MU-U0 • It is not possible to generalize on the basis of single cases心理学空间;w-pN q k+vX
• Case studies are merely descriptive, and tell us nothing about causality
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• Case studies are ethically problematic; it is impossible to guarantee anonymity to participants
k \%H&@qQ'WOn*s0 • Case studies can provide fascinating, detailed accounts of human experience, but are hard to summarize in a form that can lead to an accumulation of evidence
W"oS+Qhdg0 • Case studies may be informative for practitioners, but do not generate evidence that is relevant for policy-making
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Core ethical issues心理学空间Ml&Fc0[7n{m
• Obtaining informed consent from clients, in relation to being a subject of a therapy case study心理学空间p6Rt{ v(H1o3X
• Maintaining confidentiality
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• The conduct of all case study research and inquiry in counselling and psychotherapy should adhere to the research ethics codes of the professional groups to which the authors of the case reports are affiliated心理学空间 O?;e(nhTG-B
• Authors of therapy case studies should be transparent about the ethical procedures that have been conducted in relation to their studies, and provide details of these procedures within all case publications
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(P8U~ p/d8\0 • It is advised that, wherever possible, prospective informed consent for in-principle case study participation should be obtained from clients before the commencement of therapy, and then at all further stages of the inquiry cycle up to and including the final release to publish (process consent). The person who undertakes the informed consent procedure must not be the therapist conducting the case
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• In situations where prospective informed consent is not feasible, alternative consent procedures must be approved by an appropriate institutional approval committee or board, or an equivalent consultative group, and include the involvement of an independent consultant who will undertake all negotiations with the client心理学空间0hf0G2s/YQ#Y1G

r P!t mVh2Ok b0 • In situations where informed consent is not possible, at least two independent expert consultants should audit all aspects the inquiry process, as advocates of the client
3i7o2A+?1rN0{? qz"h0 • Good practice in case study research involves providing the client with an opportunity to comment on a draft of the case report, and to stipulate the deletion or disguising of material for confidentiality purposes. Good practice involves encouraging the client to make a personal statement about the case report to be included in the final published version心理学空间+yc3?:mR*l2I)g
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• Clients must be offered support, from an expert independent consultant as well as the researcher and/or therapist, at the point at which they are invited to comment on the draft report. If possible, this support should continue to be available to the client for a period of 5 years following publication of the study
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• In case study research where the principal investigator is not the therapist for the case, the therapist should undergo an informed consent and release process similar to that of the client心理学空间$D]v0FL \J
• In case study research where the therapist is the principal investigator, the therapist must engage in clinical supervision or personal therapy with the explicit contracted aim of examining personal factors associated with the case study work, as a means of ameliorating the impact of these factors on (a) the client, (b) bias within the case report and (c) the well-being the author心理学空间UW+[M^"d.fO2?
Principles of systematic case study research心理学空间.plU4i:o\4n'T`
• Creating as rich a data set as possible, based on multiple sources of information, including description of the context within which the therapy took place心理学空间!J^fP0jj
• Engaging the interest of the reader by telling the story of what happened within the case
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• Provide enough information within the report, or in appendices, so that the reader can make up their own mind about the interpretation of the case
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• Do some kind of time-series analysis, to enable the process of change to be explored in a systematic manner心理学空间+?'aq){1W9T'SOr9D
• Critically examine alternative interpretations of the data – be critical and scholarly, rather than using the case study to ‘sell’ an approach to therapy心理学空间*RV$l~R5iC+F}:r:z
• Take theory seriously, on the grounds that generalization is based on the establishment of cross-case theoretical principles
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• Be reflexive – provide relevant information about the author(s), to allow readers to take potential sources of bias into account心理学空间g,l3i2q9~_2J
• Use a standard format, to make it easier for future scholars to conduct meta-analysis, and for current readers to find their way around your case report心理学空间U*Iq qN
Toolkit for collecting and analysing case material
S-j*a Hc2Y s0 • Therapist notes心理学空间DB#x_.@5y`c
• Outcome measures
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(Z3}N*IQL\*K0 • Client and therapist interviews心理学空间piB+?0q q6{
• Other sources of information心理学空间S3a'n'lVT2D4j)\ [
• Specifying the therapeutic approach that was used in the case心理学空间:nWe fUh2GLtd
Five types of case studies心理学空间Vd-W9K)V'q!^K
• 1. Pragmatic case studies
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• 3. Hermeneutic single case efficacy design (HSCED)
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Documenting everyday therapeutic practice: Pragmatic case studies
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Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy
|vL-i;h$_/o_+d5`9h0 • http://pcsp.libraries.rutgers.edu (Dan Fishman 2005)心理学空间)JKq S:^ ]:|@
• A model of professional activity as disciplined inquiry (Peterson 1991)心理学空间(jI-f&xy
• GOALS OF THE JOURNAL心理学空间,M^q,xc])B {(p
• 1) To generate a growing database of systematic, rigorous, and peer-reviewed therapy case studies across a variety of theoretical approaches.
7t6^@ Ue M4A+P4hP0 • 2) To pilot-test the special advantages of online, case study journals in applied psychology generally by exemplifying in detail their ability to make large amounts of qualitative and quantitative, peer-reviewed information particularly timely, accessible, searchable, and pragmatically and theoretically valuable.
+|M8H4BrX4c:U&\0 • 3) To act as a vehicle for progress in therapy case-study method through the process of example, critical dialogue, and cross-case analysis.
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LZ~ Z}8e0 Instructions for Authors
S%{V'U8t5Ij0 • 1. Case context and method
7A,mf)AD6Y@0 • 2. The client
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3zB|;`I^;z t0 • 4. Assessment of the client’s problems, goals, strengths and history心理学空间;f%soI\ew*DFb
• 5. Formulation and treatment plan心理学空间#G4Ry+E&o$^
• 6. Course of therapy
j~:H:TLx ow0 • 7. Therapy monitoring and use of feedback information心理学空间*x3^)u'j7w8JSN
• 8. Concluding evaluation of the process and outcome of therapy心理学空间o:J9s h!p#@
• 9. References心理学空间S;h?*AP^

6CM*c4t C8?0APx| a0 Suggestions for improving pragmatic case studies
'kw%i4a'r0 • Author reflexivity心理学空间Xkp%g;u yD
• More emphasis on the therapeutic relationship
?:O5q0BO(vz%nVY4B0 • Transparency around ethical procedures
R7f;rR'?}zA0 • Inclusion of the client’s perspective on the case
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rEq{/iT$m!I([0 • Adoption of a dialogical approach心理学空间](~2g s:j
• A more focused publication strategy心理学空间-V3VA"eDp!OAG
Evaluating the effectiveness of therapy: n=1 time-series case studies
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,n^!Q-`"Q"Rzx,Q0O0 • Reliable and valid measurement of outcome variables
&y/gdl.rbF.H,K0 • Accurate description of the intervention that is being assessed心理学空间(s}X5ss7|
• Time-series analysis of patterns of change
%blSf r6U V f cx;U0 • The logic of replication
/@`?}0l2Q"s0 Questions 心理学空间z.]6_v;{f%TY
• Will I be able to identify with confidence, before therapy begins, the key outcome targets that will be the focus of therapy?
#EJ5F2m5y4s0 • Do I have access to some means of reliably measuring these outcome variables?心理学空间{ @d,Yi-T#LU'Q
• Can I set up a pre-therapy baseline period of at least 3 weeks (and preferably much longer) when my client will complete key assessment measures, but not receive therapy?心理学空间*`"R8Mq2W0[1yt[
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• Am I comfortable with my client completing an assessment scale every week during therapy?心理学空间:un:['j K0a.Tzm
• Can my model of therapy be broken down into discrete interventions, or a standard sequence of tasks?
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• In forms of therapy that are based around an exploratory, meaning-making approach, such as psychodynamic and person-centred, it would not make much sense to identify one, or even a few, behavioural outcomes before therapy has commenced, that would be tracked all the way through treatment.
0?#_7Ea6Y7x0 Using multiple judges in evaluating the effectiveness of therapy: HSCED心理学空间$AFl9TWDO1U
• As an alternative to n=1 design, based in a quasi-judicial paradigm for inquiry, the rationales for HSCED are (Robert Elliot 2001, 2002):
B ZJ,}&K'C)q#N0 • The image of the person in counselling and psychotherapy心理学空间?(\$ln8| e9y*PZ"|
• Re-thinking the concept of causality
A5i&k[D XC r3Jj0 • Methodical hermeneutics as a means of creating reliable knowledge (Rennie 2000, 2001)心理学空间'L?&bij
• A quasi-judicial analytic framework心理学空间1X}s$EaH }3@z5K'n
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• To assemble a rich case record, for example comprising factual information about the client and therapist, quantitative questionnaire measures, process measures administered on a regular basis, end-of-therapy interviews, therapist process notes, transcripts of sessions, etc. … The key point is that a variety of sources of information are ready to hand, so that interpretations made on the basis of specific client statements or claims can always be checked.
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%@['O nL0 • The ‘case book’ is interpreted from two competing positions: an ‘affirmative’ position and a ‘sceptic’ position. The rival interpretations can be carried out either by a lone researcher, who formulates each interpretation in turn, or by separate teams of researchers.
-QFp6i[;@0 • The interpretation of case data is guided by ‘case law’, explicit rules for arriving at an agreed interpretation of evidence.
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• In the field of counselling and psychotherapy, virtually all the good ideas have come from practice. There are very few examples of good ideas that have emerged from pure science, laboratory studies. What this means is that practising counsellors and psychotherapists have always used their experience with clients as a means of thinking about theory and coming up with new ideas.
$^d,J8{Z e4O0 Basic principles of theory-building case study research
"b,_`2i(X&G0 • Develop a theoretical starting-point心理学空间s4[ ky"bx
• Selection of a case
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~(kH[3\}kv0 • Immersion in the case
E\U(Q&j5v0 • Applying the theory to the case
7u`,CZ7sH^0 • Identifying gaps in the theory: applying the case to the theory心理学空间R7t7t B+_ jM5N
• Refining the theory心理学空间cc"If7q
• Testing the revised version of the theory against further cases心理学空间(m6N w(O kW g
Exploring the meaning of the therapy experience: Narrative case studies心理学空间 OVGs5_L`B'A
• The aim of a narrative case study is to ‘tell the story’ of the experience of therapy, to convey what it was like to be a participant in therapy. It is successful if it expresses the meaning of therapy. 心理学空间b.Sh7J/qe
• Since this kind of case study does not represent a single approach, it is not possible to identify a set of methodological principles that can be followed.
J/}0m~V'Lq0 Strategies for constructing a narrative case study心理学空间_,w^:b%FD]
• Writing an autobiographical retrospective account心理学空间QW:lDWR
• Diary or journal entries心理学空间aI$CBO
• Recordings心理学空间j2P.H3B zX3W
• Artifacts created during therapy, or associated with therapy
bV+ZK8b lB1s0 • Interviews心理学空间_fKK;Ol0R;L

I y{x}-pO8y.J-]"I&W0 Exemplar narrative case studies
j6G0ixB^0 • Kim Etherington (2000)
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• Autobiographical and fictional narrative case studies (e.g. Yvonne Bates 2006)心理学空间 a8B'l s1~9t3w

PFsc/K _-q5? }0 • One of the ways in which a professional group can take user narratives seriously is to collect, catalogue and review them, as a means of distilling the wisdom that they contain. It would be a good idea for someone to undertake this task in respect of the counselling and psychotherapy literature. www.psychspace.com心理学空间网
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