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    “Oh, this is What It Feels Like”: a role for the body in learning an evidence-based practice

    Allan, R. and Eatough, Virginia and Ungar, M. (2015) “Oh, this is What It Feels Like”: a role for the body in learning an evidence-based practice. Humanities 4 (4), pp. 861-884. ISSN 2076-0787.

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    Abstract

    This paper will present research that explored the experiences of couple and family therapists learning about and using an evidence-based practice (EBP). Using a phenomenological approach called Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, three themes emerged from the participants’ experiences: the supports and challenges while learning an EBP, the experience of shame while learning, and the embodiment of a therapy practice. This paper will focus on the theme of embodiment. Research participants’ experiences will be reviewed and further explored using Merleau-Ponty’s notion of embodiment and Gendlin’s (1978) more internally focused understanding of how awareness of a felt sense is experienced as a move “inside of a person”. As researchers, educators, administrators, policy makers, and counsellors struggle with what works best with which populations and when, how best to allocate resources, how best to educate and support counsellors, and the complexity of doing research in real-life settings, this research has the potential to contribute to those varied dialogues.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Interpretative phenomenological analysis, family therapy, couple therapy, evidence-based practice, embodiment
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Depositing User: Virginia Eatough
    Date Deposited: 11 Dec 2015 15:17
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:19
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/13587

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