Exploring the use of stanza analysis within counselling research

Abstract

Learning Outcomes To explore and understand the analytic strategy of stanza analysis. To locate stanza analysis within the qualitative methodology of narrative analysis. To engage in the process of stanza analysis. To consider how stanza analysis might be used within counselling research.

Structure and Overview of Content

In the first part of the workshop I will provide a theoretical overview of stanza analysis, locating this within narrative analysis. I will also outline my previous experience of completing a stanza analysis using suicide notes. In the second part of the workshop particpants will be invited to complete their own stanza analysis, we will spend time as a group discussing the process, and I will invite you to reflect on the experience of using this analytic strategy. The workshop will close considering what has been learnt by the group and how stanza analysis might be used in counselling research in the future.