Learning to Do Research

This past spring, I had the chance to complete a graduate-level course in Qualitative Research Methods at UMBC. I’d always wanted to learn how to do qualitative research, but had not had the chance to devote my attention to it. (My dad is a retired research biologist, and I’ve always admired the act of creating new knowledge.) Overall, I was really impressed with UMBC, my fellow students, and our professor, Sarah Chard.

Designing and executing my research - recruiting respondents, interviewing them, transcribing the interviews, analyzing the data and writing it all up - was an awesome experience. I learned a ton. Ultimately, I had the chance to shorten my final paper and get it published in The EFT Community News - a newsletter for therapists that practice Emotionally Focused Therapy.

Check it out here (scroll down to page 12):