Citation

Elliott S, Loewenthal D, Greenwood D. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 2007; 21(3): 233-249.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the National Health Service)

DOI

10.1080/02668730701535594

PMID

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Abstract

This paper presents an example of practitioner research, using Hollway and Jefferson's (2000) Free Association Narrative Method. It examines a trainee psychotherapist's experience of erotic counter-transference. The methodology associated with narrative method and the possibility of using it as a form of practitioner research are explored. Then follows a literature review regarding erotic counter-transference. Subsequently, a case history is presented as the research material and its core episode is analysed. The research outcome provides a form of 'practice-based evidence'. The paper concludes by reflecting on whether the narrative method has a place as a form of practitioner research in psychotherapy, in view of the experience of this particular study.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; male; case report; psychotherapy; lifestyle; suicide attempt; experience; medical ethics; review; life event; priority journal; methodology; doctor patient relation; erotism; counter transference; psychotherapist; evidence based practice