Reflexivity in a study of mental health professionals who work with refugees in Greece

In this presentation, we draw on literature related to reflexivity in social sciences, and discuss researcher reflexivity in the context of qualitative research in psychology and counseling. More specifically, we explore personal and epistemological researcher reflexivity within the context of a study which looks at the experiences of mental health professionals who work with refugees in Greece. The study was conducted by the students -for learning purposes - in the framework of a qualitative course in a counseling graduate program and was supervised by the presenter. We adopted a construct of reflexivity as mutual collaboration recognizing participants as reflexive beings that can be involved as co-researchers in a reflexive dialogue during the research process. This presentation gives us an opportunity to revisit the complex and often contested topic of reflexivity, to open up a dialogue, and to learn from other qualitative researchers, who have taught or written about reflexivity in their work