Inviting intimacy: The interview as therapeutic opportunity

By M. Birch, T. Miller. 2000

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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1. Kelly R. Rossetto
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3. Jennifer E. Cross
4. L. Bondi
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6. J. Buckle
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• Qualitative research interviews (2014, background): “Similar to other researchers (e.g., Birch & Miller, 2000; Haynes, 2006), post-interview responses allowed me to directly witness the therapeutic potential of my research.”
• Qualitative bereavement research: incongruity between the perspectives of participants and research ethics boards (2010, background): “Birch and Miller (2000) assert that it is the process of transforming narratives which creates the parallels between the role of the researcher and the role of therapist.”
• Understanding feelings: Engaging with unconscious communication and embodied knowledge (2014, background): “While I have acknowledged that interviews may offer research participants “therapeutic opportunities” (Birch and Miller 2000), I have also endorsed those who caution against the active incorporation into interviews discussion of the “here and now” (transference) relationship between interviewer and…”
• ‘Doing Rapport’ and the Ethics of ‘Faking Friendship’ (2002, background): “…tended to steer interviewees away from potentially sensitive areas and to stop the interview at signs of distress, although she was then faced with the fact that her interviews might not achieve the degree of emotional disclosure that characterised the ‘good interview’ (Birch and Miller, 2000).”
• I'm Okay, You're Okay?: Reflections on the Well-Being and Ethical Requirements of Researchers and Research Participants in Conducting Qualitative Fieldwork Interviews (2008, background): “Rapport and reciprocity Past studies (Birch & Miller, 2000; Dickson-Swift et al., 2006) have demonstrated that researchers are often confused as to the role that they should take and the role that participants expect or want them to take.”
• The teller-focused interview: Interviewing as a relational practice (2014, background): “…and psychotherapy A number of qualitative researchers have observed that research activities such as participating in research interviews are sometimes beneficial to participants in ways that might be described as therapeutic (Birch and Miller, 2000; Bondi, 2013; Dickson-Swift et al., 2008).”
• Participants’ experiences of the qualitative interview: considering the importance of research paradigms (2015, background): “Overall, a growing body of literature points to the potential value of interviews as opportunities for self-reflection, appraisal, catharsis, being listened to, responded to emphatically, and to being validated (Birch and Miller, 2000; Campbell et al., 2010; Clark, 2010; Cutcliffe and Ramcharan, 200”
• Member Checking: Can Benefits Be Gained Similar to Group Therapy? (2012, unknown): “…and improving validity, member checking may create therapeutic benefits for research participants in different ways (Aldridge & Stephenson, 2000; Birch & Miller, 2000; Brigham & Joanning, 1999; Clarke, 2006; Colbourne & Sque, 2005; Cox, 2005; Gale, 1992; St. George & Wulff, 2000; Hutchinson &…”