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Reflective - verbal language and reverie in a qualitative interview

McVey, Lynn
Lees, J.
Nolan, G.
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2016-06
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© 2016 Wiley. This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: McVey L, Lees J and Nolan G (2016) Reflective:�verbal language and reverie in a qualitative interview. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 16(2): 132-140, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12059. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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in contrast to dominant approaches to therapy research that look at outcomes and focus on large samples, another primary strand of research considers microphenomenal processes and focuses on small samples. This paper contributes to the latter genre in regard to the implicit impact of language. this paper aims to apply relational psychotherapeutic thinking about empathic dialogue, specifically the concepts of reflective-verbal language and reverie, to qualitative interviewing. Methodology: an example from a small-scale study about emotionally-evocative language is reviewed in detail, focusing on the interviewer’s phenomenological experience of her conversation with a participant in a qualitative interview. Findings: the authors argue that the interviewer’s reflexive awareness of her reveries and the reflective-verbal nature of the research dialogue, gave her an alternative perspective on the participant’s (and her own) experience. Implications: the paper highlights the value within research and practice of maintaining awareness of language at a microphenomenal level, using techniques based on the principles of psychological therapy.
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McVey L, Lees J and Nolan G (2016) Reflective: verbal language and reverie in a qualitative interview. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 16(2): 132-140.
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