Research and practice:

Keith Tudor; John Francis

doi:10.9791/ajpanz.2022.10

Keith Tudor Auckland University of Technology
John Francis Auckland university of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.2022.10

Keywords: psychotherapy; dissertations; discipline; profession; research–practice gaps.

Abstract

This article reports on research into 25 dissertations written by students in the Master of Psychotherapy programme at Auckland University of Technology in the two years 2021 and 2022. The article focuses specifically on the contribution that these dissertations make to the discipline area. This is contextualised with reference to three gaps, or perceived gaps: between research and practice, researchers and practitioners, and publishing and reading. Based on an empirical-deductive approach to the analysis of the dissertations reviewed, the article reports these contributions; assesses their tone; and suggests that, while the sections of the dissertations regarding these specific contributions are varied and, in some cases, limited, the students/researchers make some important points about the discipline area of psychotherapy with regard to practice and education/training.

Author Biographies

Keith Tudor, Auckland University of Technology

Keith Tudor is Professor of Psychotherapy at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) where he is also a co-lead of a Group for Research in the Psychological Therapies. He has supervised 24 Masters’ dissertations to completion (17 of which at AUT), and three doctoral theses (all at AUT). He is particularly interested in offering psychotherapists who have completed a professional education/training outside a university the opportunity to study a Master of Philosophy, and is currently supervising a colleague who is completing this degree.

John Francis, Auckland university of Technology

John Francis is a psychotherapist in private practice in Mount Eden and a research officer at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). His research interests include the subjective experience of psychotherapists, experiences of hair loss, depression and anxiety, and marginalised communities. He is also a graduate of the AUT psychotherapy programme.

Research and practice

Contributions to the discipline of psychotherapy

Abstract

Author Biographies