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group facilitator and CBT trainer; and myself engaged in a detailed, structured yet reflexive
programme. 358
The purpose of the day was to gain qualitative insight into the dynamics of an interview
between myself and the two psychoanalysts I had interviewed and to see if these dynamics
were replicated in a qualitative research group. The intention was to examine the relevance,
reliability and transparency of the psychoanalytic intersubjective interview method I had
developed. The group offered an opportunity for an intersubjective engagement with a
capacity to generate its own reflexive insights alongside psychoanalytic or unconscious
dimensions.
Each participant received copies of two interview transcripts and the two interview analyses
written by me. They were asked to read one interview in detail and if time was available
then read the other. After reading this they were asked to answer some questions in advance
of the day and to write this up as a text to be given to me as further reflexive data. 359 The
participants were asked to read the analysis of my encounter then answer the question,
‘What is your perception of the analysis by Alistair Ross and how did you respond to that?’
The day was split into three sections, two focusing on the discussion of the participants’
reflections. The notes produced formed the basis of the group interaction on the day itself
that were kept after obtaining ethical permission. This process, designed to examine
358 Each participant signed a form agreeing confidentiality and permission for their words to be recorded,
transcribed, analysed and used in subsequent research and publications.
359 The questions were:
What was your perception of the experience of AR?
What was your perception of the experience of the psychoanalyst?
What was your perception of the dynamics between them?
What was your overall perception of the encounter?
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