A New Pluralistic Paradigm for Research: Diverse Methods for Researching Analytic and Other Groups is a comprehensive resource that equips a diverse audience with essential research knowledge. Fourteen informative chapters, organized into two sections, describe a new paradigm, as well as methodologies to research group analytic psychotherapy, different types of groups, and social phenomena.

In addition to making group analytic thinking accessible and offering a practical guide, the Emerging Reality Paradigm promotes the decolonization of research practices, offering an alternative to traditional Western research paradigms. While the focus is on pluralism, readers will also gain valuable insight into both quantitative and qualitative research paradigms. Western and Indigenous thinking is bridged, illustrative examples are interwoven, and real research examples are included, enabling professionals and students to research analytic groups creatively and effectively. Engaging text boxes and figures, suggestions for further research and suggested readings foster deeper understanding.

This book is ideal for researchers, psychotherapists, students, supervisors, trainees, and seminar leaders who seek to gain or deepen their knowledge of group analytic research. It serves as an essential guide for anyone interested in (analytic) groups and the methodologies that inform them.

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Dr Susanne Vosmer is a practicing group analytic psychotherapist, clinical psychologist, researcher, and research supervisor. She is a seminar leader at group analytic training organizations. She carried out several studies and has written on diverse topics. Previously, she was a clinical tutor on the Doctorate for Clinical Psychology in Hull, where she also taught psychodynamic theory. She is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Psychotherapy, edited a special Women's Issue on Love, and is involved in editorial activities for other journals. Her interests include forensic psychotherapy, psychotherapy research, love studies, politics, and literature. Also trained in EMDR, Clinical Hypnosis, and Reiki, Susanne is a research supervisor at the New School for Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC) in London, examiner at the NSPC and the Institute of Group Analysis in London, and responsible for the academic development of the course at Group Analysis North, United Kingdom.