What is happening in a HART consultation? A multi-methodological exploration of a group consultation framework

Within this study, the Hull Attachment Resilience and Trauma (HART) consultation framework is explored using a multi-methodological analysis. A single case study design employed observation to capture what is happening in a HART consultation.
From the analysis three main themes were identified; ‘fluid enactment of roles’ related to how the participants engaged in discussion from multiple perspectives throughout the HART – some roles enabled catharsis and others were more resonant of contained neutrality; ‘conscious engagement with the story’ related to the conscious happenings such as joining the dots and working together; whilst the final theme ‘subconscious manifestations’ referred to the psychoanalytical processes within the group consultation.
The discourse analysis is built upon ideas from the primary analysis, considering how educational psychologists can use their power to flatten power and enable the ‘subconscious manifestations’ defined within the primary analysis.