Meadow. “Patchwork of Practice” as autoethnography for personal and professional development

In this paper, I demonstrate the use of an exercise that devised as a teaching intervention for student counsellors and therapists – Patchworks Practice (Meakin, 2019). It facilitates exploration contextual influences on their human being aids reflexivity how these shape practice. explain work show adapted form autoethnography. share learning process findings from one part my doctoral research in which used autoethnography to explore personal shaped me way working couple therapist university lecturer counselling courses. examples own patches reflections them illustrate reflective discuss learning. The has been useful collating different theoretical concepts approach teaching. offers highlighting resources navigating professional landscapes particularly times uncertainty such during pandemic. practitioner research, extend patchwork metaphor rural landscape communicate see life contexts it evolved - have it. hope paper will inspire others Patchwork reflexive learning, self-supervision research.