Stop F*cking Nodding – And Other Things 16 Year Olds Say In Therapy
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Beginning Treatment with Jonathan Shedler, PhD
The producers of this video say: “Dr. Jonathan Shedler is well known for his work on the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy. He has highlighted the importance of the initial phase of therapy in establishing a foundation for successful treatment. Dr….
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Tribes of the Person-Centred Nation
The new edition of this book will be available on May 16th. It has been edited by Prof. Mick Cooper, who says : “It’s been a real privilege to be asked by @pccsbooks to steward the third edition of the ‘Tribes of…
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Dissatisfied dropout from school-based humanistic counselling: A theory-building case series
This research paper from Emily Pattison and Mick Cooper has been published by Counselling & Psychotherapy Research. The abstract says: “Introduction Dissatisfied dropout costs services financially and impacts client well-being. Research is limited on reasons for dissatisfied dropout in adolescents. Preliminary research…
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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change
“A fundamental shift is required within the field of mental health … There is an overreliance on biomedical approaches to treatment options, inpatient services and care, and little attention given to social determinants and community-based, person-centred interventions…” The new World…
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What Can Carl Rogers Teach Therapists About Trauma?
Introduction to pluralism (in counselling and psychotherapy)
This short (4 minute) video “introduces the pluralistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy”:
Pluralistic Practice: The Inventory of Preferences: An International Evaluation
This blog-post from Prof. Mick Cooper has been published on the website of Pluralistic Practice. It begins: “Over the past few years, a team of us have been working together to bring together all the datasets on the Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) . The…
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Changing the topic does not change the facts
This letter to The Lancet Psychiatry (journal) comes from Dr. Jonanathan Shedler. It begins: “In a Comment published in The Lancet Psychiatry, Scott Lilienfeld and colleagues 1 wrote that I encouraged psychotherapists to ignore new practice guidelines for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because…
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The Tyranny of Time: How Long Does Effective Therapy Really Take?
