Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them)

*Newish because I've been on sick leave so a bit behind on sharing things.

“I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: a qualitative exploration of lived experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis Informal caring is an increasingly common phenomenon. Experiences of mental health caring are not well-researched, and few studies focus on experiences of family carers supporting individuals with ...

A newish* open access paper: My student Romany Murray's prof doc counselling psych research: “I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: a qualitative exploration of lived experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis share.google/z3Q1tYJ6lipb...

“Difficulty mentioning the M word”: Perceptions of a woman disclosing negative menopause symptoms in the workplace Purpose. This qualitative study aims to explore general perceptions of a woman experiencing negative menopausal symptoms in the workplace. It examines the socio-cultural understandings informing the r...

If you're interested in this technique - here's another paper using vignette-story completion to explore perceptions of menopause in the workplace: “Difficulty mentioning the M word”: Perceptions of a woman disclosing negative menopause symptoms in the workplace share.google/GfEQjLUPbmA3...

‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice There is increasing interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy (PT) as a mental health intervention; however, there is a long history of stigma associat…

A paper based on my MA Music Therapy student Ann MacLeod's research using a novel vignette-story completion technique - ‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice share.google/IYNcUvKOHJ6P...

Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK Background Discussions around racial disparities and injustice have gained increasing prominence in psychotherapy and counselling research. However, research in this area has been criticised for its.....

Melissa McCallum's important research using qualitative surveys, interviews, focus groups & reflexive thematic analysis (supervised by me) -
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...

This was a really fun project to supervise! Conducted by Karen Jones for her MA Music Therapy dissertation. Coauthored with @jazztoad.bsky.social "I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy share.google/ew4XJFpHDXLe...

The example is from health research (well counselling actually but with a strong health focus) but TA as a method is cross-disciplinary and reflexive TA is widely used in social work. We do have a chapter in a social work text lead authored by Eileen Joy - share.google/loXGE2NysXIx...

Wow! It does seem to be citation cat nip!

Cover of The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology edited by Katherine Brown et al

First page of a chapter on thematic analysis by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Gareth Terry and Lucie Wheeler

When @ginnybraun.bsky.social & I first wrote about thematic analysis in 2006 we never imagined writing about TA again let alone writing a lot of chapters! Here's the latest chapter in The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology w/ @garethterry.bsky.social & Lucie Wheeler. Congratulations to the editors!

Cover of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies: Research Approaches Across the Lifespan edited by Kimberly R. Kelly

Contents page of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies

Second contents page of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies

First page of the chapter Story CompletionMethods in Qualitative Research by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Hannah Frith and Naomi Moller

Exciting to receive my copy of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies by Kim Kelly with a review/overview chapter on qualitative SC methods by @ginnybraun.bsky.social me, Hannah Frith & Naomi Moller. There are 2 other chapters on qualitative SC by @nikilina.bsky.social & Matt Wood & Toni Williams.

If you are a LGBTQ+ identified Heartstopper fan - or know LGBTQ+ fans aged 14+ - my undergrad students' project this year is exploring why this group ❤️ Heartstopper & why positive media representation is important to LGBTQ+ people using a qualitative survey.

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“My body is in the way”: a phenomenological exploration of nonbinary people’s experiences of their bodies There is an emerging literature on nonbinary people’s experiences of and feelings about their bodies and bodily adornment; this literature is part of an important move to address the erasure of non...

New open access paper based on Jessica Taylor's doctoral research supervised by me & Zoe Thomas exploring nonbinary people’s everyday experiences of their bodies using qualitative surveys, solicited diaries (such amazing data!) & ints, analysed w/ reflexive TA. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New open access paper by me and @ginnybraun.bsky.social - Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion. There are extensive Supplementary Materials which we hope are useful for teaching reflexive TA: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Conference season is coming to an end but there’s still time to print @ginnybraun.bsky.social & @vicclarke.bsky.social’s #ReflexiveThematicAnalysis Bingo from @sagepub.com:

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A must-have for every #Qualitative researcher. #DoingQual

I used to be a volunteer usher in my local volunteer-supported cinema for a few years so saw lots of NT live!

I enjoyed that one - if you like Ralph Fiennes he is absolutely spectacular in Anthony and Cleopatra, if that one is available.

テーマ分析：実践ガイド - 新曜社

Very pleased to hear that @vicclarke.bsky.social and my Thematic Analysis book is now translated (by Saki Mizoroki) into Japanese... Please share with anyone who may be interested...
@amymaher.bsky.social

I have done some updates to @vicclarke.bsky.social and my thematic analysis website - including adding the recent genAI and qual talk... access issues should be fully resolved!

www.thematicanalysis.net/talks-about-...

I got two previews! It's fab!

A great talk by @ginnybraun.bsky.social on GenAI and qualitative analysis. Can GenAI do reflexive TA? The short answer is no - reflexive TA is a human practice. Should we use GenAI as qualitative researchers given all the harms of the tech? If you're remotely concerned with social justice ... no???

Yes - we're aware and @ginnybraun.bsky.social is on the case!

Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide now in Greek!

Ooh exciting! I don't think we knew about this one! @amymaher.bsky.social we'd love a copy if possible!

Great thread by @ipanalysis.bsky.social on AI and qualitative analysis (and other things). I remain completely baffled about the enthusiasm for using AI to do qualitative analysis and (reflexive) TA specifically... not least because it is profoundly unethical, exploitative, eco disaster technology