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Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR): Methods for Conducting Psychotherapy Research

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In this chapter, I describe the background and methods used in consensual qualitative research (CQR). Specifically, I describe the original CQR method used in interviews (CQR-I). Then I describe CQR-M (CQR modified to use with short, simple data) and CQR-C (CQR applied to case studies). I close the chapter with a comparison or the similarities and differences between the three CQR methods.

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Acknowledgement

I express my appreciation to the many people who have helped in the development of these qualitative methods and more specifically to those who reviewed a draft of this paper: Rachel Crook-Lyon, Melissa Goates-Jones, Shirley A. Hess, Sarah Knox, Nicholas Ladany, Wonjin Sim, Barbara J. Thompson, and Elizabeth Nutt Williams.

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Hill, C.E. (2015). Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR): Methods for Conducting Psychotherapy Research. In: Gelo, O., Pritz, A., Rieken, B. (eds) Psychotherapy Research. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1382-0_23

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