This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of co-operative inquiry: a way of doing research with people where the roles of researcher and subject are integrated. Co-operative inquiry is a distinctive and wide-ranging form of participative research in which people use the full range of their sensibilities to inquire together into any aspect of the human condition. This book offers both an extensive exploration of its theoretical background and a detailed practical guide to the methods involved. Topics covered include: a critique of established research techniques; the underlying participative paradigm of co-operative inquiry; the epistemological and political aspects of participation; different types of co-operative inquiry and the range of inquiry topics; ways of setting up inquiry groups and enabling their development; four kinds of inquiry outcome and the primacy of the practical; the main stages of the inquiry cycle, highlighting key issues for practice at each stage; and special skills and procedures used for enhancing validity.
This book presents a theory of the person, which does not regard reason, the consciousness of self or freedom as distinguishing marks, but "feeling". The author distinguishes feeling from its complement, emotion, and defines it as resonance with being, the capacity to be unified with what is present. He relates his approach to the theory and practice of a transpersonal psychology and philosophy. John Heron explores in depth the nature of feeling, and the imaginal mind as the home of intuition and imagery; devotes several chapters to learning and the idea that feeling and imagination are the bases of the intellect; considers how personhood unfolds through various stages; contrasts the constricted ego with the integrated person; looks at both the theory and practice of a spiritual philosophy; provides 100 exercises to enable the reader to translate theoretical concepts into personal experience. He relates his approach to the theory and practice of a transpersonal psychology and philosophy. John Heron is also author of "Helping the Client".
This fifth edition of the best selling Helping the Client presents six different forms of helping behavior which can be adopted by any practitioner working face-to-face with a client. Drawing on his many years of experience as a therapist, consultant and teacher, John Heron introduces his well known and widely used six category model. He explores the contexts and issues associated with each different form of helping, and describes a wide range of practical interventions for the practitioner to use. Revised and enlarged throughout, with a new chapter on co-working, the book examines: the objectives of helping; states of personhood; the many ways in which helping can degenerate; the preparation and training of the practitioner; This indispensable book is illustrated throughout with examples of how the interventions can be used by different occupational groups. Helping the Client is the fifth edition of the book originally entitled Six Category Intervention Analysis. Its fourth edition (Sage, 1990, 0-8039-8291-7) sold over 12,000 copies.
This fifth edition of the best selling Helping the Client presents six different forms of helping behavior which can be adopted by any practitioner working face-to-face with a client. Drawing on his many years of experience as a therapist, consultant and teacher, John Heron introduces his well known and widely used six category model. He explores the contexts and issues associated with each different form of helping, and describes a wide range of practical interventions for the practitioner to use. Revised and enlarged throughout, with a new chapter on co-working, the book examines: the objectives of helping; states of personhood; the many ways in which helping can degenerate; the preparation and training of the practitioner; This indispensable book is illustrated throughout with examples of how the interventions can be used by different occupational groups. Helping the Client is the fifth edition of the book originally entitled Six Category Intervention Analysis. Its fourth edition (Sage, 1990, 0-8039-8291-7) sold over 12,000 copies.
