Writing for publication for counsellors and therapists: part II

Abstract

Following from the first article in this series, in the previous issue of this journal, this article will continue to take you through guidance about how to write for publication. In 2009 and 2010 Taylor & Francis funded two workshops on this topic for members of the British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy. Using some of the exercises and feedback from these workshops these linked articles will consider further strategies for writing, following on from the ideas presented in the last article. After that, the current article will focus on some of the main forms of writing that counsellors and therapists can consider: case-studies and basic small-scale quantitative and qualitative research.

Keywords:

• writing
• research
• evaluation
• reflexivity
• case-studies
• quantitative
• qualitative

Acknowledgements

I am deeply grateful to Taylor & Francis for funding the two writer's workshops, to Tricia Evans for her marvellous organisational skills and support on the days, to NCVO and Manchester University for hosting us and – most of all – to all of the attendees for sharing their experiences and fears so generously and for being so courageous in taking the first steps toward publication in the workshops themselves.