1. Introduction -- 2. Thematic Reflexive Analysis -- 3. Decolonising Research -- 4. Engaging with critical self-enquiry: Doing heuristic research -- 5. Autoethnographic Psychotherapy Research: A Methodology that keeps our Heart in Mind -- 6. Quantitative Practice Based Research -- 7. Dilemmas and decisions in Quantitative Driven Online survey research into Researchers Mental health and Support -- 8. Using Online Surveys Creatively in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research -- 9. Mixed Methods Research to Build Fences -- 10. Mixed Methods Research: The Case for the Pragmatic researcher -- 11. Dialectical Pluralism (DP) in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research -- 12. Taking Qualitative-driven Mixed Methods Further -- 13. Mixed Methods for Researching Sensitive Topics

This textbook aims to support counsellors, psychotherapists, and counselling psychologists to develop a creative research-informed practice. Following from the authors' earlier title Enjoying Research, the book covers qualitative, quantitative, pluralistic, and mixed methods approaches with a special focus on diversity, researcher support and innovative methods. The book explores research during critical stages like question formulation, data gathering, ethics, analysis, and presentation of the findings. It mixes theory with illustrative real-life, 'how-to-do-it'-examples and reader activities. International experts contribute with examples ranging from arts-based 'decolonising' research to creative use of outcome- and survey-based approaches - with a shared interest in dialogues between 'scientific' and 'aesthetic' (or intuitive, embodied) means of knowing. This is essential reading for anyone looking for a book that combines self-awareness with analytical and practical skills in counselling and psychotherapy related research