Thank you so much Ruvanee, much appreciated, my external examiner was (is) actually Jonathan Smith and he urged me to use and incorporate his papers, but I have been having trouble to get full papers, especially the last one you recommended..I will check if I can find the others, thank you so much!!

I used IPA to explore changes in recovery in residential rehab for women with childhood sexual abuse and substance abuse issues. I did this with my dissertation, which is available if this link opens for you:

http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1815&context=doctoral

Oh, excellent Ann, many thanks for this, I only just saw this, so will have a read through, sounds very interesting!

thank you!

Hello,

I went to our library and located a Phenomenological Thesis titled "Sobriety: a thirst for life" by Joseph Sabouren. I think it was from 1987. This would be using a Transcendental Phenomenological Research model ( Clark Moustakas). If this interests you, you could probably get it via InterLibrary Loan. We are located at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology.

I also located at least one that utilized the Heuristic Research Model (also by Moustakas), but was not sure if that fit what you were looking for.

Thank you so much Ryan, much appreciated! I actually read a few books by Clark Moustakas, he wrote quite a bit on loneliness..seems also fitting to recovery and addiction- I will have a look, thanks so much!

Daniela,

I was a student of Clark, and he left a profound impact on me, not only as clinician, scholar, teacher, but as a very actualized humble human being. I'm glad you have experienced his work.

I don't know if you're still seeking literature, but these two have been published in the last month or so. They are both attached:

Flaherty, MT, Kurtz, E, White, WL & Larson, A (2014). An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Secular, Spiritual, and Religious Pathways of Long-Term Addiction Recovery. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 32:4, 337-356

Kaskutas, LE, Borkman, TJ, Laudet, A, Ritter, LA, et. Al. (2014). Elements that define recovery: The experiential perspective. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75: 999-1010.

Bill (William) White has a wealth of publications you might want to look at: www.williamwhitepapers.com

Thank you so much for that Randall, that was incredibly helpful!

hi there check out my references on my project

I actually did my dissertation on the same population using IPA, but they were females in Christian residential drug treatment and had a history of sexual abuse. You can access my  dissertation through a library link...

An Exploratory Study of Recovery and Recovery Maintenance for Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse Who Completed Faith-Based Residential Treatment \

Ann Marie Kerlin

Publication date

2013/4

Institution

Liberty University

Description

Abstract This interpretive phenomenological analysis of the experience of recovery and recovery maintenance for women with a history of childhood sexual abuse and its sequelae included interviews and a non-standard questionnaire. Ten women with this history who had completed a faith based treatment program for substance abuse and/or eating disorders described recovery. Themes that emerged related to the process of change included: Changes in Relationships with Others, to Self, to God, and lastly, Forgiveness as a ..

Hey Ann I just had a look around your dissertation and the bits I have read are very easy to follow and reads very well, I am still at very early stages of getting my research together, and it is only at an MSc level. Thanks so much for your reply :-)

Hi both Andrew and Ann, much appreciated and very interesting- I actually completed this project, just finalising the big version before I will upload the abstract, so your help has been appreciated, now on to the next!

best wishes and good luck on the MSc Andrew!

Have you read 'What influences a person's decision to stop using drugs? p184Introducing qualitative research by Carla Willig 3rd edition open university press

Hi Toni no  I have not read this, I will look into this right now, thanks for your answer, I am sorry i did not reply earlier but i did not get a notification about your posting