A Qualitative Journey: From Methodolatry to Post-Humanism

Associate Professor Paul Rhodes

Clinical Psychology Unit

University of Sydney

….tell my own story as a family therapist and qualitative researcher to exemplify the concordance between the epistemology and practice of both

….introduce you to the varied qualitative research methods that are available

……explore new philosophical positions beyond dialogism, including metamodernism and post-humanism and discuss their implications for family therapy research

…introduce you to clinical or therapy fields that share the same values as family therapy but are not often discussed in our ‘discourse community’

…share some research findings in these fields

a scientist-practitioner family therapist

rigour or methodolatry in qualitative research?

metamodernism and diversity

ICQI Chicago: a pedagogy of wakefulness

restoring the balance: Martin Buber and the Left

Miles Little, Narrative inquiry and future directions

the scientist-practitioner family therapist

rigour or methodolatry in qualitative research?

metamodernism and diversity

Fennessey, Rhodes et al. (2015) Reflecting on Complex Cases: The Efficacy of Systemic Consultation in Disability Case Management. ANZ Journal of Family Therapy. 36, 258-274.

De Jager, Rhodes et al. (2015) Investigating the lived experience of recovery in people who hear voices. Qualitative health Research. DOI: 10.1177/1049732315581602

Dawson, Rhodes, Touyz (2015). Defining recovery from anorexia nervosa: A Delphi study to determine expert practitioners¿ views. Advances in Eating Disorders, 3 (2), 165-176..

Godfrey, Rhodes, Miscovik et al. (2014) Just One More Bite: A qualitative analysis of the family meal in the family-based treatment of anorexia. European Eating Disorders Review. 23 (1), 75-85

Dawson, Rhodes & Touyz. (2014) 'Doing the Impossible‘ The Process of Recovery From Chronic Anorexia Nervosa. Qualitative Health Research. 24 (4) 494-505doi:10.1177/1049732314524029

Spurrier, Blaszczynski, Rhodes (2014) Gambler Risk Perception: A Mental Model and Grounded Theory Analysis. J Gambl Stud. Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Burgess, Rhodes & Wilson. (2013) Exploring the in-session reflective capacity of clinical psychology trainees: An interpersonal process recall study. Journal of Clinical Psychology doi:10.1111/cp.12014

Renshall, Brown & Donelly (2013) Family of Origin Coaching as Supervision for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinicians: A Participatory Action Study. Contemporary Family TherapyVolume 35 (4) pp684-697

ICQI Chicago“a pedagogy of wakefulness”

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Research as a personal and philosophical inquiry not a method’s driven pursuit

Research as an act of resistance against neo-liberal culture

Research as interpretative not just descriptive

Research that engages with problems out their in the world not out their in the literature

Dissemination that is participatory and beyond peer review

Methodology that is designed retrospectively

Research that aims to uncovering hidden voices

“inquiries that provide a moral authority to move people to struggle and resist oppression”(Denzin & Giardina, 2015, p. 12)

“What are educators going to do... to make sure that they do not succumb to the authoritarian forces circling the University, waiting for the resistance to stop, and the lights to go out. Resistance is no longer an option, it is a necessity”(Giroux, 2015, p.201)

“For the)post-humanist, however, this blurring of man and machine is only part of a more significant shift. We must entertain the possibility that our mind and body may not be separate, implying that we may actually be the body in which we dwell. The ‘ghost in the machine’ is dead, but so are all other sorts of distinctions. LGBT rights demand that we are malefemale rather than either/or. Animal rights can only be built on an acknowledgment that we are one of many species. The debate about cybertherapy would probably be pretty irrelevant to this group. I can hear them saying, “let the man-machines get on with it”!

restoring the balance: Martin Buber and the Left

Does social contructionism render phenomenology invalid?

Is empathy, intersubjectivity and dialogical existentialism now suspect?

How do you teach students discourse analysis if they haven't learned thematic analysis or grounded theory?

Are students with lived experience of ‘mental health problems’ more challenging to supervise?

How do we deconstruct the left? Is there a victim mentality?

When should we have disruption and when dialogue?

Empathic Encounters with Anorexia: Can Stories Change Attitudes

Listen to the Darkness: The Role of Narrative in Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa

Maudsley Refugees? Stories of Families Who Do Not Complete Treatment

Getting Personal: An Art-Based Narrative Inquiry of Clinical Psychology Training

………..Australian Clinical Psychology Philosophy Special Interest Group

………..Narrative Research Coalition

………..Chicago School of Professional Psychology

………..ICQI Psychology Stream