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counter-transference as a way of accessing unconscious dynamics within a research
interview context, rather than the normal therapeutic context (Kincheloe 2005). As
transference and counter-transference are unconscious processes their presence cannot be
guaranteed in every interview, however where their presence is experienced, they do offer a
heuristic and creative knowledge arising out of the lived experience of an interviewee. The
research interview itself also has the potential to become an intersubjective encounter, a
development central to contemporary psychoanalysis. There is another strand to this
selection, which relates to the researcher’s experience of each interview. That is identifying
the potential or experience of making a transition from an I-It encounter to an I-Thou
encounter as identified by Buber (see earlier in this chapter and chapter one of part A).
On this basis – the presence of unconscious processes accessed through reflecting on
transference and counter-transference and for potential I-Thou encounter – led to seven
interviews being examined in further detail. These interviews also meet my interpretation
of the more detailed criteria outlined by Charmaz under the heading of ‘resonance’.
• Do the categories portray the fulness of the studied experience?
• Has the researcher revealed liminal and taken-for-granted meanings?
• Has the researcher drawn links between larger collectivities and individual lives,
when the data so indicates?
• Do the analytic interpretations make sense to members and offer them deeper
insights about their lives and worlds? (Charmaz 2005: 528).
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