NICK RIDING is Director, Psychotherapy Programmes, at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. He also practises as a psychotherapist within the National Heatlh Service.GEORGIA LEPPER is Lecturer in Psychotherapy at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. She is the author of Categories in Talk and Text: A Practical Introduction to Categorization Analysis.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPART 1: BACKGROUND TO THE FIELD OF PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCHIntroduction: What is Research?Psychotherapy Research: A Brief OverviewThe Research ProcessPART 2: THE CODING APPROACHESIntroductionTransference-Related MethodsThe Assimilation ModelInterpersonal Theory ApproachesPART 3: THE DISCOURSE APPROACHESIntroductionGrounded TheoryConversation AnalysisAnalyzing Narratives in Psychotherapy TextsThe Therapeutic Cycles Model (TCM)PART 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATIONIntroductionComputerized Data AnalysisDocumentation of the ResearchConclusionReferences.

NICK RIDING is Director, Psychotherapy Programmes, at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. He also practises as a psychotherapist within the National Heatlh Service.GEORGIA LEPPER is Lecturer in Psychotherapy at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. She is the author of Categories in Talk and Text: A Practical Introduction to Categorization Analysis.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPART 1: BACKGROUND TO THE FIELD OF PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCHIntroduction: What is Research?Psychotherapy Research: A Brief OverviewThe Research ProcessPART 2: THE CODING APPROACHESIntroductionTransference-Related MethodsThe Assimilation ModelInterpersonal Theory ApproachesPART 3: THE DISCOURSE APPROACHESIntroductionGrounded TheoryConversation AnalysisAnalyzing Narratives in Psychotherapy TextsThe Therapeutic Cycles Model (TCM)PART 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATIONIntroductionComputerized Data AnalysisDocumentation of the ResearchConclusionReferences.

NICK RIDING is Director, Psychotherapy Programmes, at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. He also practises as a psychotherapist within the National Heatlh Service.GEORGIA LEPPER is Lecturer in Psychotherapy at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. She is the author of Categories in Talk and Text: A Practical Introduction to Categorization Analysis.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPART 1: BACKGROUND TO THE FIELD OF PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCHIntroduction: What is Research?Psychotherapy Research: A Brief OverviewThe Research ProcessPART 2: THE CODING APPROACHESIntroductionTransference-Related MethodsThe Assimilation ModelInterpersonal Theory ApproachesPART 3: THE DISCOURSE APPROACHESIntroductionGrounded TheoryConversation AnalysisAnalyzing Narratives in Psychotherapy TextsThe Therapeutic Cycles Model (TCM)PART 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATIONIntroductionComputerized Data AnalysisDocumentation of the ResearchConclusionReferences.