Personal experience and critical reflexivity in counselling and psychotherapy research

Aims The aim of this study was to offer a view of how, as a counselling practitioner‐researcher, I use my personal experiences reflexively in research. By ‘showing’ and ‘telling’ about the practices and processes involved, I hope to encourage others to undertake research that values reflexive collaborative engagement and enables participants’ agency in research. Methods I address the value of critical reflexivity as a means for including...