Supporting Critical Self-enquiry: Doing Heuristic Research

Collaboration between mental health professionals and physicians in the assessment of torture victims in a conflict-ridden area: Complexities and recommendations.

“…Moustakas developed the heuristic method of inquiry as “a passionate and discerning personal involvement in problem solving, an effort to know the essence of some aspect of life through the internal pathways of the self” (Douglass & Moustakas, 1985, p. 39). The method is based on self-research, self-dialogue, and self-discovery (Moustakas, 2015) and was compared to the practice of therapy as they both require critical self-reflection and engagement in a process of discovery (Tudor, 2022).…”