Narrative Research Into Erotic Counter‐transference in a Female Therapist–male Patient Encounter

Qualitative research interviewing: application and use of free association

“…Hollway andJefferson's (2000, 2013) 'Free Association Narrative Interview Method' (FANIM) is arguably the most influential example of the use of psychotherapeutic principles in qualitative social science research of the past twenty-five years, at least in a UK context (Hoggett 2015, Midgley 2006. Hollway andJefferson's (2000, 2013) writings setting out FANIM have informed research studies across various fields including nursing (Elliott et al 2007, Graham 2007, Boyle et al 2009, McAndrew and Warne 2010, Nicholson et al 2012, Capri and Buckle 2015, Sutton and Gates 2018. Indeed, FANIM is viewed as providing a helpful framework for interview-based research seeking to attend to the emotional complexity of research relationships and illuminate unconscious processes in healthcare work.…”

Email correspondence, interpretation and the psychoanalytically informed research interview

“…It has also been integral in establishing the usefulness of such a methodology for developing nuanced accounts of participants' and researchers' subjectivity, and experience-near understanding (Midgley 2006). FANIM has informed nursing studies and has been particularly popular among psycho-dynamically orientated clinician and practitioner researchers (Elliott et al 2007, McAndrew and Warne 2010, Nicholson et al 2012, Storey et al 2012, Capri and Buckle 2015.…”