Clients‟ experience of counselling within a narrative framework

7. If you find you’ve not kept to any of these directions - don’t panic - Just 
carry on with the journal !
Tina‟s contact number………………………………...................... 

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APPENDIX 6 Main study journal information 
INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE INSIDE COVER OF EACH JOURNAL 
Journal No ............
Contributing to a research study exploring the concepts of containment and 
freedom in the therapeutic relationship
1. Number each entry
2. Number missed entries - or even write about them!
3. Write clearly and make crossings out clear
4. Leave a large margin on the left of the page
5. Write only on one side of each page and on every other line
6. Enjoy your own words 
7. Do not worry about trying to keep to the theme of the research - this is primarily 
about your thoughts and feelings
8. If you find you have not kept to any of these directions - don’t panic - Just 
carry on with the journal ! 
Tina‟s contact number……………………………. 

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APPENDIX 7 PILOT STUDY Disclosing the theme of the study 
Meetings/presentation to disclose the theme of the research 
1. Introduction and thanks for keeping the journals. 
2. Tell the story of Beauty and the Beast 
3. Explain the idea that Beauty and the Beast may be seen to represent one person. 
4. What does the split between these two parts of one person cause to happen? 
5. Discussion
6. Make clear links between Beauty and containment, positive and negative aspects
And between the Beast and freedom, positive and negative aspects. 
7. Discussion. - introducing the ideas of containment, freedom and opposition as aspects of 
themselves. Also introduce idea of continuum.
8. Ask them to produce their own continuums of containment and freedom 
9. Thank them for their time and work. End meeting. 

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APPENDIX 8 PILOT STUDT Continuums designed by participants 
Continuums of containment-freedom designed by pilot study participants after the theme of the 
study was disclosed.
Rules / laws gripped
controlled trapped 
liberated 
restricted confined
squashed
empowered
powerless 
secure in a home lifted up
loss of freedom silenced
cradled supported freedom
vulnerable super-glue
balance 
safety 
TO BE HELD CONTAINMENT CONTINUUM
IMPRISONED
comfort armed forces
suffocating
cementing school
straight jacket
boundaries
smothered
water wings stuck in a 
relationship 
grounded 
in a coffin hospitalised
hostage 
space
muzzled 
buried

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APPENDIX 8 
something to break out against shaw shank redemption 
self control responsibility animal farm 
open doors
wanting to be alone 
being rules getting rid of clutter
doing 
drowning creating space
restriction
naked time limits
imposed
fear riot 
crushing 
LIBERTY FREEDOM CONTINUUM
ANARCHY
splashing in the sea eating jelly babies
panic murder 
nudism giving up work
dying with embarrassment
alone no boundaries to break 
out from 
timeless
headless chicken
uncertainty holiday

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APPENDIX 8 
health 
commitment swimming
money 
travel 
job
studying my subject 
divorce 
guilt nudity on a 
beach love
structure
belonging to family group 
CONTAINMENT -----------------------------------------------------------------a conductive polarity---
--------------------------------------------------------------------FREEDOM
personal role rules circumstance
new experiences 
conforming to expectations safety 
space to think 
controlled 
children
speech choice 
family responsibilities learning structures
to be 
lack of money 
solitude hobbies 
behaviour 
motivated 
by 
fear
behaviour motivated by love

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APPENDIX 8 CONTAINMENT CONTINUUM - main study participants 
freedom culture knowing where we belong / come from
strangling glued 
safe comforting trust
restricted 
group
constricted 
language family fear
hanging on
exposing 
chaos 
fragment 
ultimate joy psycho creativity supportive
caring 
caring freeing security
frightening 
safety
suffocating 
to be held
to imprison-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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allowing love secrets
suppressing 
hate 
interrelatedness
art creativity 
humour dragging
humour 4 years ago 
constructing 
chocolate 
food 
comfort 
trust cuddle culture
not letting go cage 
freedom home

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APPENDIX 8 
trap 
belonging religion
wall 
naked vehicle
war 
clothing
judgement 
“you cannot do it wrong”
understanding religion 
faith love
home 
no leaks warmth
closed corset /
community home
underwear 
clothes
no way out
FREEDOM CONTINUUM 
letting go power
not letting go 
(not letting go) choice
imprisoned 
creativity
compliant 
hanging on chaos
bossy 
being real
super creative 
noticed shared understanding
challenging no order 
knowing the boundaries

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APPENDIX 8 
keeping things out no boundaries 
non-restricted
GOD 
slow change
unsafe destructive 
lightness
creativity rebellion ? ? 
not noticed
fast change noticed 
LIBERTY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------ANARCHY 
safety space
chaos 
freedom unrestrained
no rules dogma 
taking off clothes belief
not noticed
choice 2 anarchists = fun 
danger
devil 
space openness
danger control 
fair
rules rebellious 
naked
fear 
opaque critical
tied 

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APPENDIX 9 PILOT AND MAIN STUDY. Information for participants
Information for participants before the meeting at which they read their journal analysis and 
other papers. 
It is extremely important for you as participants in this study to be aware how much your honesty 
is valued. You may be very tempted to agree with the analysis and papers I have written in order 
to please me and feel that in this way you are helping me with the research process. However this 
would be detrimental to the validity of the research. Your honest evaluation of the work and 
whether or not it fits you will be the most rewarding way of forwarding the study. If you disagree 
with anything I have written it is in the interest of the study that you are able to tell me, for then 
the results of the study will be based on your felt responses and this will make it a viable study 
which will be of worth to the counselling world and to me. 

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APPENDIX 10 Introduction to theoretical constructs
FOR PILOT STUDY PARTICIPANTS 
To be given to them to read before they read the analysis of their journal.