Description:This book provides a guide to the research skills and critical thinking required to complete a research project for professional learning courses in counselling and psychotherapy. Content: Learning and researching as an adult professional / Fiona Gardner and Steve Coombs -- Ethical dilemmas in training and in research / Fiona Gardner and Steve Coombs -- Using the case study approach for training and research / Fiona Gardner and Steve Coombs -- Choosing a research paradigm / Fiona Gardner and Steve Coombs -- Research using focus groups in an organisational setting / Jane Whitehead -- Research in the voluntary sector / Marilyn Barnet -- Research in the public sector / Amanda Larcombe -- Research in the community with a feminist approach / Victoria Cole -- Going public : getting your work out to a wider audience / Amanda Larcombe, Fiona Gardner and Steve Coombs -- The way forward / Steve Coombs. Abstract: This book provides a guide to the research skills and critical thinking required to complete a research project for professional learning courses in counselling and psychotherapy