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McCaslin, M.L. and Scott, K.W. (2003) The five-question method for framing a qualitative research study. The Qualitative Report, 8, 447-461. 

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Alves, P.,  Sales, C. and Ashworth, M. (2013) Enhancing the patient involvement in outcomes: a study protocol of personalised outcome measurement in the treatment of substance misuse. BMC Psychiatry, 13:337  

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Ellis, C. (2007) Telling secrets, revealing lives. Relational ethics in research with intimate others. Qualitative Inquiry, 13, 3-29.

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Erford, B.T. Savin-Murphy, J.A. and Butler, C. (2010) Conducting a meta-analysis of counseling outcome research: twelve steps and practical procedures. Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, 1, 19-43. SAGE

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Parent, M.C. (2013) Handling item-level missing data: simpler is just as good. Counseling Psychologist, 41, 568-600.

Sink, C. and Mvududu, M.H. (2010) Statistical power, sampling, and Effect Sizes: three keys to research relevancy. Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, 1, 1-18. 

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Worthington, R.L. and Whittaker, T.A. (2006) Scale development research: a content analysis and recommendations for best practices. The Counseling Psychologist, 34, 806-838. 

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Charmaz, C. (2004) Premises, principles, and practices in qualitative research: revisiting the foundations. Qualitative Health Research, 14, 976-993.

Finlay, L. (2013) Unfolding the phenomenological research process: iterative stages of “seeing afresh”. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 53, 172-201.

Hill, C.E., Thompson, B.J., Nutt-Williams, E. (1997) A guide to conducting consensual qualitative research. Counseling Psychologist, 25: 517-572.

Larsen, D., Flesaker, K. and Stege, R. (2008) Qualitative interviewing using Interpersonal Process Recall: investigating internal experiences during professional-client conversation. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 7, 18-37. 

Rennie, D. L. and Fergus, K. D. (2006).  Embodied categorizing in the grounded theory method:  Methodical hermeneutics in action.  Theory and Psychology, 16, 483-503. 

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Atkins, S., Lewin, S., Smith, H., Engel, M., Fretheim, A. and Volmink, J. (2008) Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 8, 21. 

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Christopher, J.C., Chrisman, J.A., Trotter-Mathison, M.J., Schure, M.B., Dahlen, P. and Christopher, S.B. (2011) Perceptions of the long-term influence of mindfulness training on counselors and psychotherapists:
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Gostas, M.W., Wiberg, B., Neander, K. and Kjellin, L. (2013) ‘Hard work’ in a new context: Clients’ experiences of psychotherapy. Qualitative Social Work, 12, 340–357.

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Schnellbacher, J. and Leijssen, M. (2009) The significance of therapist genuineness from the client’s perspective. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 49, 207-228. 

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Hodge, S., Barr, W., Bowen, L. Leeven, M. and Knox, P. (2012) Exploring the role of an emotional support and counselling service for people with visual impairments. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 31, 5–19.

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Bohart, A.C., Tallman, K.L., Byock, G.and Mackrill, T. (2011) The “Research Jury” Method: The application of the jury trial model to evaluating the validity of descriptive and causal statements about psychotherapy process and outcome. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 7(1),101-144.

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Brooks, C.F. (2011) Social performance and secret ritual: battling against Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Qualitative Health Research, 21, 249–261.

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Caulley, D.N. (2008) Making qualitative reports less boring: the techniques of writing creative nonfiction. Qualitative Inquiry, 14, 424–449.

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