Embodied situatedness and emotional entanglement in research - An autoethnographic hybrid inquiry into the experience of doing data analysis

There is relatively little written about therapists’ relational, emotional or embodied response during the data analysis stage. Using some experiences from a recent mixed-method study into the impact of training on multilingual therapists, we will revisit our research process within an autoethnographic hybrid (Stanley 2013) approach, influenced by introspective and intersubjective reflexivity (Finlay and Gough, 2003, Reflexivity: A practical guide. London: Blackwell) with personal experience as a route through which to produce academic knowledge. Results: The study involved emotional entanglement on different levels; linguistically, personally and as an underpinning grappling with worldviews in light of the researchers’ different epistemic origins.