A Duoethnographic Study of Power and Privilege in the Psychotherapeutic Space
Dialogical Research as Professional Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2411560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Hills (0000-0002-6852-8261), Fevronia Christodoulidi (0000-0001-6705-1724), D Charura (0000-0002-3509-9392) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Qualitative Methods (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1609-4069 • E-ISSN: 1609-4069 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/16094069231199903 |
| OpenAlex | W4387386206 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 32 |
We are three psychotherapists, also trainers at different universities in the United Kingdom, who came together to explore the application of duoethnography as a research method in the context of counselling and psychotherapy. The focus of our dialogues was on privilege and power as experienced between client and therapist in the therapeutic relationship, mirroring the social worlds we each come from and return to. The article presented here is written largely in the form of 'speaking turns,' reflecting the dialogical nature through which data were generated. We met periodically through Microsoft Teams to record our dialogues and furthered our exchange via email communications and other text messages. We came together explicitly mindful of and valuing our differences - one woman and two men; our ethnocultural heritages being Greek, African, and English, with different trajectories towards our professional positions; and we highlight differentials in privilege emerging along lines of gender, race, and class. Emergent themes include: 'the visible - invisible spectrum of privilege,' 'the historic present,' and 'power with versus power over.' As an ongoing, highly relational form of encounter, this project highlighted the benefits this approach can bring in the ongoing development of therapists. Participation facilitated the revelation of more unconscious or unarticulated material. We found the duoethnography depended upon our mutual negotiation of trust and preparedness to be vulnerable in the encounter. Recognising that each dialogue brings unique configurations of similarity and difference, we thus argue for greater uptake of duoethnography methods in counselling and psychotherapy training and research
Context (archaeology · Dialogical self · Mirroring · Negotiation · Political science · Power (physics · Privilege (computing · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Psychology · History · Law · Social Psychology
Semiotics
Broaching the Subjects of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture During the Counseling Process
The Spirit Level
The Reality Principle
The Symposion in Ancient Greek Society and Thought
First-Person Methods
Interlopers in class
Becoming a scholar
Stirring vulnerability, (un)certainty, and (dis)trust in humanizing research
Swallow your pride and fear’
Developing a model of broaching and bridging in cross-cultural psychotherapy
On being racially enough
Emerging issues in duoethnography
Auto-, duo- and collaborative-ethnographies
Food in contemporary migration experiences between Britain and Australia
Integrating Implicit Bias Into Counselor Education
Doing Duoethnography
A Tale of Unseen Suffering
Evaluating Ethnography
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |