A practical psychoanalytic guide to reflexive research : the reverie research method

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-158) and index.

1. Introduction and overview 2. Freud and the role of subjectivity in psychoanalysis 3. Bion and beyond 4. Reverie, reflexivity and research interviews 5. Reflexivity and data analysis 6. Towards ethical research interviewing 7. The RRM : the emergence of a new approach in qualitative research 8. Thomas Ogden and the RRM 9. The RRM in live research interviewing 10. RRM and interview transcript analysis 11. RRM teaching groups: 1: general 12. RRM teaching groups 2: data analysis 13. Discussion and reprise.

A Practical Psychoanalytic Guide to Reflexive Research offers an accessible guide to enriched qualitative research. In this novel approach, the researcher's feelings and empathy in relation to participants take centre stage, leading to fresh, exciting and usable research findings. The psychoanalytic concept of reverie refers to those startling and unexpected images, feelings and daydreams which can come to mind as we interact with other people in the world. Qualitative research involves interacting with human subjects, and the book shows how uncanny or troubling reverie experiences can be turned to good use by being linked back to deeper research questions and hypotheses.Joshua Holmes critically explores the role of self-reflection (reflexivity) in psychoanalysis and qualitative research. Practical guidance is offered while planning research; conducting research interviews; analysing interview data; teaching methods which foster the capacity for reverie; and in relation to research groups. Examples are given throughout, including the author's own missteps along the way, in which he shares the importance of learning from experience. The book breathes life into research processes offering much-needed clinical relevance. The method moves away from one-size-fits all, formulaic research procedures and brings tenor, colour and texture into the research process, to create vivid, real-life meaningful findings.A Practical Psychoanalytic Guide to Reflexive Research will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate qualitative researchers wishing to enhance their reflexive practice, while psychotherapists and psychoanalysts will find a genuinely psychoanalytic research method, where their clinical skills become vital capacities rather than an awkward hindrance.