This study from Gina Di Malta, Julian Bond, Brett Raymond-Barker, Naomi Moller, and Mick Cooper has been published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. The abstract says: “Relational depth (RD)—moments of profound connection and engagement between two people—is a humanistic–existential construct,…
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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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This short (4 minute) video “introduces the pluralistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy”:
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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THRIVE is a person-centred model of mental health support for children and young people which focuses on the needs and preferences of the clients and their families. This research article – published in Child: Health, Care and Development – comes from Joanna Farr,…
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Written by Prof. Mick Cooper, this book has just arrived (March 2019). Sage Publications say: “How can therapists integrate theories and practices from across the psychological therapies? This book presents a framework for understanding distress and change that can unite different orientations,…
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What can child and adolescent counsellors and therapists learn from research? What evidence is there for the effectiveness of different therapies and techniques? How can developmental or neuroscience research inform or inspire therapeutic work with young people? Edited by Nick…
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