Research Title: The Importance of “Being Seen”: Exploring Psychotherapists’ Experience of “Being Seen” in Therapy and in Clinical Practice.
Researcher: Catherine Norris, MSc Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Turning Point Institute.
Summary: In part fulfilment of my MSc, I am researching psychotherapists' experiences of “being seen” in their personal therapy and how, if at all, it influences their clinical practice.
“Being seen” is defined the client’s relational experience of “being” in therapy where they are “seen” by the therapist in a particular way. “Being” is the present moment brought into consciousness. “Seeing” is the recognition of the whole person in that present moment.
Participants sought: Qualified and accredited psychotherapists/psychoanalysts working in Ireland who have had the experience of “being seen” in their personal psychotherapy practice.
Data collection and time commitment: The method of data collection and time commitment required from participants is:
• Participation in one semi-structured interview between 40 and 60 minutes in length.
• Interviews can be conducted online or in person.
• Interviews can be scheduled at a time that suits participants.
• Interviews will be recorded and transcribed.
• Participants will be anonymised.
• Data will be stored and protected in accordance with relevant guidelines and legal requirements.
The deadline for participation:
30th June 2025.
Contact details of researcher:
Catherine Norris: catherinenorrispsychotherapy@gmail.com
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1 Image credit: Wassily Kandinsky (1926) ‘Several Circles’
