Research & Writing
Every experience matters โ and you don't have to be an academic to write.
Every Experience Matters
Research begins with curiosity. Whether you are conducting formal research or reflecting on everyday practice, your experience can help colleagues around the world learn, reflect and feel less alone in the challenges they face.
- Formal or practice-based research
- Case studies
- Clinical, supervision or organisational experiences
- Innovative approaches
- Challenges, lessons learned and reflections
If the word research feels daunting, don't let it stop you. Some of our most valuable professional knowledge comes from practitioners sharing what they encounter and learn in their everyday work. We especially encourage Young Professionals to write about their experiences โ you don't need to be an academic.
Que Sais-Je? Writing Together in IAGP
IAGP's free, fortnightly Writing Group, where tentative ideas become โ through honest feedback and rewriting โ work ready to share with a wider audience.
Read moreFrom Inner Critic to Inner Director
Most of us know the Inner Critic โ the voice that tells us what we should have done differently. What if the goal isn't to silence it, but to re-educate it?
Read moreLooking Inside the Psychodrama Director's Instructions
What happens behind a psychodrama director's instruction? Daniele Virgilio analyses a single instruction โ Giving Form to the Present Emotional State โ drawn from his manual of fifty, tracing how movement becomes a bodily form.
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Feelings Allowed โ A Resource for Therapy and Life
Not a replacement for therapy but a companion to it: how therapists use Feelings Allowed to build emotional literacy between sessions โ with a free chapter preview, Being the Hinge.
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