Counselling for Domestic Violence Practice-based Research

• Research type

  Research Database

• Full title

  Domestic violence database

• IRAS ID

  117338

• REC name

  North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/NE/0107

• Date of REC Opinion

  28 May 2014

• REC opinion

  Unfavourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Data entered into the database will be derived from clinical therapy sessions and completed client and therapist questionnaires. Data held, and the secure management, monitoring and governance of the database will be the responsibility of the York St John Counselling Research Clinic and its Steering Group. Therapy sessions will be audio-recorded in digital format and stored on securely held hard drives in a locked room adjacent to the psychology and counselling laboratory. Questionnaires will be both online (supported by NHS recognised CORENet security measures) and in hard-copy format. Both the online and hard-copy data is in an anonymised format, using unique client identifiers to secure clients' identities.

• Research programme

  The York St John Counselling Research Clinic will investigate therapy interventions for victims of domestic violence. The clinic director and lead researchers have active profiles within their lead Professional Associations, are experienced researchers and keen to extend the currently limited UK research-base on effective mental health and wellbeing interventions for victims of domestic violence. Clients can give informed consent to have information gathered during their therapy sessions at the clinic (comprising audio-recorded counselling sessions and questionnaires completed across the period of therapy) included in the clinic’s research database. The clinic will advertise its services through GP and other NHS clinic settings, as well as in public contexts such as lending libraries, community –focused and social settings. Outcomes from research undertaken at the clinic will be disseminated through appropriate local, regional and national publications and settings, as well as through professional journals, professional body magazines and GP practices. Public and service user perspectives will inform the on-going work and governance of the clinic (both clinical and research activity) and will be represented in the clinic’s steering group. The group is responsible for the operational governance and strategic development of the clinic.

• Establishment organisation

  York St John University

• Establishment organisation address

  Lord Mayor's Walk

  YORK

  YO31 7EX