Alison Rouse's Outputs (6)

The research relationship: Negotiating multiple selves and boundaries in exploring sensitive topics (2024)
Journal Article

This article considers responsibilities and challenges inherent in the research relationship, from the position of a researcher who is also a counselling practitioner. It draws on my experience of undertaking a qualitative interview-based doctoral re... Read More about The research relationship: Negotiating multiple selves and boundaries in exploring sensitive topics.

The use of “art” as a resource in recovery from the impact of sexual abuse in childhood: A qualitative systematic review (2022)
Journal Article

Background: A qualitative systematic review was undertaken to identify the therapeutic impact of arts-based activities as experienced by adults sexually abused in childhood. Methods: Sixteen studies, identified through a systematic search protocol, w... Read More about The use of “art” as a resource in recovery from the impact of sexual abuse in childhood: A qualitative systematic review.

Let the atrocious images haunt us: Encounters with conflict and connection in visual art making (2020)
Journal Article

In the relative comfort of my UK living room, a passive spectator of TV news, I watch fleeting images of appalling suffering and devastation emanating from the war in Syria. The coverage of the bombing of Aleppo (2015) is heart-rending. I turn to art... Read More about Let the atrocious images haunt us: Encounters with conflict and connection in visual art making.

Enabling connections: Counsellor creativity and therapeutic practice (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Aims: To understand how counsellors’ personal creativity informs their professional work with clients. Method: Grounded theory methodology was employed alongside arts-based research method... Read More about Enabling connections: Counsellor creativity and therapeutic practice.

Transformations (2013)
Book

The book is the outcome of two research studies that have used creative methods in the research process as part of the data gathering and/or analysis. It recognises the power of creative work to make sense of and convey meaning of human experiences.... Read More about Transformations.

The emotional impact of learning in small groups: Highlighting the impact on student progression and retention (2006)
Journal Article

Student progression and retention is an area of increasing social importance and concern around student non-completion rates is expressed in many arenas. Research suggests many reasons for student non-completion, including the balancing of social and... Read More about The emotional impact of learning in small groups: Highlighting the impact on student progression and retention.