Practical Considerations for Conducting Client-Centered Process Research

Authors

Carissa D'Aniello, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Markie L. C. Twist, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Erin Sullivan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christa Clayton, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-28-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

First page number:

1

Last page number:

17

Abstract

Process research is important in the marriage and family therapy field, specifically process research with client participants. Process research is typically conducted in treatment-as-usual conditions. Clinically applicable research has been identified to narrow the gap between research and practice. In the present conceptual paper, we provide specific recommendations to beginning process researchers for collaborating with community agencies to sample therapy clients. We present practical strategies for reducing participant and researcher burden and fostering collaboration among clinicians and researchers that are specific to conducting process research in community agency settings with client participants. Finally, we discuss implications for narrowing the research practice gap.

Keywords

Client participants; Community agencies; Process research

Disciplines

Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling

Language

english

Repository Citation

D'Aniello, C., Twist, M. L., Sullivan, E., Clayton, C. (2018). Practical Considerations for Conducting Client-Centered Process Research. Journal of Family Psychotherapy 1-17.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2018.1456282