Research
If you have a question you want answered about how psychological ideas or dynamics are impacting your project, business or organisation, we can help.
At Psychological, we specialise in qualitative research, designed to give detailed answers to complex questions underlying human emotions, thought and behaviour.
Our expertise is in working collaboratively with participants, to highlight their voices and understand the dynamics within the topic. Qualitative research methods are particularly effective for achieving detail and nuance in topic areas that are multi-layered, challenging or open to many perspectives.
While we are AI enabled to enhance our work, the approach, criticality, reflexivity and methodology from start to finish is fundamentally driven and managed by our human team. We believe that high quality research is best conducted for and by humans, towards an actionable outcome.
Recent Examples
Using creative arts and photography for how teenagers think about emotions, in YPAR school workshops
Examining the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and human machine interaction (HMI) within the therapeutic relationship in a range of digital therapies
Interviews and group sessions exploring the experience of loneliness amongst staff and residents in a large retirement community and hospital
Understanding what it is like as an employee managing work alongside a complex health condition
Exploring how patients in hospital decide to engage with mental health services
Year 10 workshop, December 2025
Take Part
The research team at Psychological has recently begun an arts based youth participatory action research (YPAR) project looking at how children and young people understand emotions.
We are currently recruiting schools in the UK who would like their students to take part, through a free 1.5h PSHE workshop, in the following age cohorts: year 6 and year 10.
If you would like to know more, please contact Lauren, Research Assistant: lauren@psychological.me.uk