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This page contains some draft copies of some of my more recent articles (in word) and a reference list of recent publications. Please see my CV on the 'About Linda' page for a full list of publications:

Recent Publications

Below please find draft copies of some recent publications. Please go to the original copyrighted sources if you wish to cite material from them:

[Click to Download] Download Debating phenomenological research methods article (Word document format)

[Click to Download] Download Embracing researcher subjectivity in phenomenological research article (Word document format)

[Click to Download] Download relational dimensions in phenomenological research article (Word document format)



Books

  • Finlay, L and Evans, K (2009 Forthcoming) Relational-centred research for psychotherapists: exploring meanings and experience, Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Spoors, P, Finlay, L and Dyer, E (2007) Starting with psychology, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
  • Finlay, L. and Ballinger, C. (eds) (2006) Qualitative research for health professionals: challenging choices, Chichester, John Wiley Publishers.
  • Finlay, L., Pearson, C. and Ram, S. (2005) Understanding Health, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
  • Finlay, L. (2004) The practice of psychosocial occupational therapy 3rd edition, Cheltenham, Nelson Thornes.
  • Finlay, L. and Gough. B. (eds.) (2003) Reflexivity: a practical guide for researchers in health and social science, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.
  • C. Davies, L. Finlay and A. Bullman (eds) (2000) Changing practice in health and social care, London, Sage.
  • Finlay, L. (1997) The practice of psycho-social occupational therapy 2nd edition, Cheltenham, Nelson Thornes.
  • Finlay, L.(1993) Groupwork in occupational therapy, London, Chapman and Hall.
  • Finlay, L.(1988) Occupational therapy practice in psychiatry, London, Croom Helm.




    • Chapters

  • Finlay, L. and Ballinger, C. (2007) The challenge of working with teams, in A.W.Fraser and S.A. Matthews (eds.) The Critical Practitioner in Social Work and Health Care, London, Sage.
  • Finlay, L. and Langdridge, D. (2007) Embodiment, in W.Hollway, H. Lucey and A.Phoenix (eds) Social Psychology Matters, Maidenhead, Open University Press.
  • Finlay, L. (2007) Qualitative research towards public health, Theory and research in promoting public health, London, Sage.
  • Finlay, L. (2006) Going exploring: the nature of qualitative research, in L.Finlay and C.Ballinger (eds) Challenging choices: qualitative research for therapists, London, John Wiley Publishers.
  • Finlay, L. (2006) Mapping methodology, in L.Finlay and C.Ballinger (eds) Challenging choices: qualitative research for therapists, London, John Wiley Publishers.
  • Finlay, L. (2006) Embodied experience of multiple sclerosis: an existential- phenomenological analysis, in L.Finlay and C.Ballinger (eds) Challenging choices: qualitative research for therapists, London, John Wiley Publishers.
  • Finlay, L. and Steward, B. (2006) Disseminating the research: towards knowledge, in L.Finlay and C.Ballinger (eds) Challenging choices: qualitative research for therapists, London, John Wiley Publishers.
  • Birch, M., Gallagher, A. and Finlay, L. (2005) Positioning the learner: how work-based, open and distance learning can develop professional competencies in pre-registration mental health nurse education, in K.Rounce and B.Workman (eds.) Work-based learning in health care: applications and innovations, Kingsham.
  • Finlay, L. (2003) Feeling powerless: therapists battle for control, in S.Barrett et al.(eds.) Communication, relationships and care: a reader, Routledge.
  • Finlay, L. (2003) Challenging ‘Power-full’ relationships, in Block 2, K205 Communication and Relationships in Health and Social Care, The Open University.
  • Finlay, L. (2003) ‘Difficult’ helping encounters, in Block 3, K205 Communication and Relationships in Health and Social Care, The Open University.
  • Finlay, L. (2003) The reflexive journey: mapping multiple routes, in L. Finlay and B. Gough (eds.) Reflexivity: a practical guide for researchers in health and social science, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.
  • Finlay, L. (2003) Through the looking glass: inter-subjectivity and hermeneutic reflection, in L. Finlay and B. Gough (eds.) Reflexivity: a practical guide for researchers in health and social science, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.
  • Finlay, L. (2001) Groupwork, in Creek, J. (ed.) Occupational therapy and mental health 3rd Edition, Edinburgh, Harcourt Brace Publishers.
  • Finlay, L. (2000) When actions speak louder : groupwork in occupational therapy, in Manor, O. (ed) Ripples : applying groupwork in different settings, London, Whiting and Birch.
  • Finlay, L (2000) The challenge of professionalism, in Davies, C., Brechin, A. and Eby, M. (eds.) Critical practice in health and social care, London, Sage.
  • Finlay, L (2000) The challenge of teamwork, in Davies, C., Brechin, A. and Eby, M. (eds.) Critical practice in health and social care, London, Sage.
  • Finlay, L (2000) Safe haven and battleground : collaboration and conflict within the team, in Davies, C., Brechin, A. and Eby, M. (eds.) Changing practice in health and social care, London, Sage.
  • Finlay, L.(1997) Groupwork, in Creek, J. (ed.), Occupational therapy and mental health 2nd Edition, New York, Churchill Livingstone.


    • Articles

  • Finlay, L. (pending) Debating phenomenological research methods, Phenomenology & Practice.
  • Finlay, L. (Forthcoming) To be or not to be...registered: a relational phenomenological exploration of what State Registration means to psychotherapists, European Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy.
  • Finlay, L. (Forthcoming) Embracing researcher subjectivity in phenomenological research, European Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy.
  • Finlay, L. (Forthcoming) Ambiguous encounters: a relational approach to phenomenological research, Indo-pacific Journal of Phenomenology.
  • Finlay, L. (2008) A dance between the reduction and reflexivity: explicating the “phenomenological psychological attitude”, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 39(1), 1-32.
  • King, N., Finlay, L., Ashworth, P., Smith, JA, Langdridge, D., and Butt, T. (2008) ‘Can't really trust that so What can I trust?’: A polyvocal, phenomenological analysis of the psychology of mistrust, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 5(2), 80-102.
  • Fitzpatrick, N and Finlay, L (2008) ‘Frustrating disability’: the lived experience of coping with the rehabilitation phase following flexor tendon surgery, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 3(3).
  • Finlay, L and Molano-Fisher, P (2008) ‘Transforming’ self and world: a phenomenological study of a changing lifeworld following a cochlear implant, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 11(1) (online version available 2007).
  • Robertson, C. and Finlay, L. (2007) Making a difference, teamwork and coping: the meaning of practice in acute physical settings, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70(02), 73-80.
  • Finlay, L. (2006) Dancing between embodied empathy and phenomenological reflection, Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, volume 6 August Methods Issue.
  • Finlay, L. (2006) ‘Rigour’, ‘ethical integrity’ or ‘artistry’? Reflexively reviewing criteria for evaluating qualitative research, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 69(7), 319-326.
  • Finlay, L. (2006) Editorial: The Body beyond the material-discursive divide, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(1), 1-2.
  • Finlay, L. (2006) The body’s disclosure in phenomenological research, Qualitative Research in Psychology 3(1), 19-30.
  • Finlay, L. (2005) Reflexive embodied empathy: a phenomenology of participant-researcher intersubjectivity, Methods Issue: The Humanistic Psychologist, 33(4), 271-292.
  • Finlay, L (2004) From ‘gibbering idiot’ to ‘iceman’ – Kenny’s story; A critical analysis of an occupational narrative, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(11), 474-480.
  • Finlay, L. (2004) The intertwining of body, self and world: a phenomenological study of living with recently diagnosed multiple sclerosis, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, vol.25.
  • Finlay, L.(2002) “Outing” the researcher: the provenance, process and practice of reflexivity, Qualitative Health Research, 12(3), 531-545.
  • Finlay, L.(2002) Negotiating the swamp: the opportunity and challenge of reflexivity in research practice, Qualitative Research, 2(2), 209-230.
  • Finlay, L. (2001) Holism in occupational therapy: elusive fiction and ambivalent struggle, The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55(3), 268-278.
  • Finlay, L. (2000) Multiple voices, multiple paths : Choosing between qualitative traditions, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
  • Finlay, L. (2000) The OT role: meanings and motives in an uncertain world, British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 7(3), 124-9.
  • Finlay, L. (1999) When actions speak louder: groupwork in occupational therapy, Groupwork: an interdisciplinary journal for working with groups, 11(3), 19-29.
  • Finlay, L. (1999) Applying Phenomenology in research: problems, principles and practice, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62(7).
  • Finlay, L. (1999) Capturing ambiguity: riches from a phenomenological study, Mental Health OT, 4(2), 5-9.
  • Finlay, L. (1999) Editorial: The challenge of teamwork, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62(9), 393.
  • Finlay, L. (1999) Journey towards a PhD: a personal account, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62(9), 430.
  • Finlay, L. (1998) Reflexivity: an essential component for all research? British Journal
  • of Occupational Therapy, 61(10), 453-456.
  • Finlay, L. (1997) Good patients and bad patients: how occupational therapists view their patients/clients, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(10): 440-446.
  • Finlay, L. (1997) Evaluating research articles, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(5):205-208.




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