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Practice Based Evidence Based Practice, part II: Navigating complexity and validity from within
Author(s) -
Hennik Robert
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.12291
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , best practice , practice research , process (computing) , clinical practice , point (geometry) , community of practice , family therapy , generative grammar , medical education , psychotherapist , medicine , computer science , nursing , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , management , paleontology , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , humanities , economics , biology , operating system
This article describes ‘Feedback‐informed Therapy within Systems (FITS) as Practice Based Evidence Based Practice (PBEBP)’. In FITS as PBEBP practice and research effectively intertwine. The therapist is both practitioner and researcher and involves clients as co‐researchers. The output of research is input for therapy in the ‘collaborative learning community’ constituted together. Participants co‐research patterns of communication within layers of context and examine the effects of their collaboration. I will illustrate this process of systemic practice‐based research in a seven‐step research design, referring to three (anonymised) systemic therapy cases. Therapist and clients produce ‘validity from within’ when they develop explanations of experiences in stories which are accepted as coherent and generative within a community of concern. Practitioner points Family therapists are encouraged to research their practice and involve family members as co‐researchers in order to explore their ongoing collaboration in learning how to learn In FITS as Practice Based Evidence Based Practice research and practice are intertwined Small spontaneous differences can make a difference that matters, and be the tipping point in the process of transformation Practice Based Evidence Based Practice could be used as an alternative to the introduction of evidence‐based protocols