ABSTRACT
In this chapter we explore the move into researching our professional work. The level of our focus is postgraduate research. For this context that means research after qualifying as a professional counsellor or therapist, but this chapter will be helpful reading also for those involved in research at an undergraduate level and those interested in researching their work outside an academic framework – perhaps as part of an evaluation, a workshop, a conference research presentation, or for publication in a journal. After all, there is a logical sequence in moving from reflecting and thinking about what we do in our work to writing coherently about it, and then to wondering why something is happening, or someone is behaving in a certain way.
