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Mick Cooper

@mickcooper77.bsky.social
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Dad of four; Professor of Counselling Psychology; psychotherapist; author on pluralistic, existential, and relational therapies; comments my own

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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What Does the Latest Psychotherapy Research Tell Us? My review of the most recent evidence is now out in the March issue of BACP's Therapy Today, and also available for free access via the link here. www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journal...
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Research: The friendly facts
Open article:Mick Cooper shares what the latest psychotherapy research tells us. Therapy Today, March 2026.
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Therapist as activists.... Join us this evening for our seminar on embracing a politicised practice and life, by Director of Black Psychotherapy, Kim Loliya onlinevents.co.uk/event/when-t...
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When Therapists Become Activists: Embracing A Politicised Practice and Life
When Therapists Become Activists: Embracing A Politicised Practice and Life, A TaSC Seminar with Kim […]
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What does climate change mean for mental health and how will it impact service delivery? Join us this evening (friday) for our TaSC seminar, 5pm, and community meeting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch...
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Climate Change and Mental Health - Eoin Galavan
Climate Change and Mental Health, A TaSC Seminar with Eoin Galavan
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Over 15 years in the making, the second ed of Facts are Friendly provides an accessible, comprehensive, and contemporary review of the evidence on the effectiveness of therapy, and the factors that contribute to change. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-what-re...
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On What Really Works: Research That Supports Your Practice - Mick Cooper
On What Really Works: Research That Supports Your Practice Book Launch and Workshop with Mick Cooper
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
How do we meet dehumanisation in a humanising way? I'll be presenting reflections on the challenge of humanisation at the Society of Psychotherapy, 10th March 2026 onlinevents.co.uk/event/the-an...
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The Anti-Polarisation Paradox: Meeting Dehumanisation with Humanity
The Anti-Polarisation Paradox: Meeting Dehumanisation with Humanity Workshop with Mick Cooper In The Anti-Polarisation Paradox, […]
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
What is the role of psychotherapy in times of extreme upheaval? And who or what needs to change in times of change? onlinevents.co.uk/event/psycho...
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Psychotherapy in a Time when the Familiar is Dying - Steffi Bednarek
Psychotherapy in a Time when the Familiar is Dying, A TaSC Seminar with Steffi Bednarek […]
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We're working to develop a measure that can help young people express their preferences for therapy, and are looking for young people to test out our items. Shouldn't take more than ten minutes and will be incredibly helpful for the generation of a new YP personalisation tool
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
THERAPY AND CLASS Counselling and psychotherapy is often stereotyped as a middle class, privileged profession -- but is this for good reason? onlinevents.co.uk/event/the-ne...
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The Neglected Characteristic: A Conversation about Class - Carly Read
The Neglected Characteristic: A Conversation about Class, A TaSC Seminar with Carly Read Counselling and […]
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Should person-centred therapists be concerned with research evidence? There's been an interesting online debate exploring this question, and this recent blog presents some reflections on the issue. What do you think? mick-cooper.squarespace.com/new-blog/202...
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'Fantastically Boring and Completely Meaningless'... Should Person-Centred Therapists Care About Research Evidence? — Mick Cooper Training and Consultancy
I suspect Leigh Manning was not the only person-centred therapist to find our recent research on relational depth and outcomes ‘fantastically boring and completely meaningless’ when I posted our rece...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Today at 5pm. Join Olumide Ajulo and Jeremy Sachs to discuss Sachs’ new book ‘An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and their Allies: Masculinity Reconnected’. onlinevents.co.uk/event/an-int...
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An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and their Allies
Book Launch: An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and their Allies: Masculinity […]
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
In a major first study of its type, we showed that clients' experiences of relational depth with their therapists predicted change in depression and anxiety symptoms--above and beyond levels of alliance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Relational depth as predictor of mental health outcomes in psychotherapy: random intercept cross-lagged analyses
Relational Depth (RD) in psychotherapy patients has been associated with positive outcomes using qualitative and correlational designs. No research has assessed whether the frequency of RD over the...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
How do you develop synergic actions at the social and political level? This new qualitative paper, led by colleagues at York University in the food systems field, draws on expert practitioner perspectives to develop an understanding of synergies in action www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Increasingly, a key question for me is how we can meet polarisation, closedness, and dehumanisation in a way that does not replicate it. This post explores the different ways in which we might be able to meet polarisation constructively. mick-cooper.squarespace.com/new-blog/202...
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The 'Anti-Polarisation Paradox': How do you Meet Closedness in an Open Way? — Mick Cooper Training and Consultancy
How do you meet intolerance with tolerance, dehumanisation with humanity, monism with pluralism, a striving for dominance with a spirit of equality? Oppose it and there is the danger of replicating th...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
After over 15 years of prevarication, procrastination, and avoidance, have managed to submit the final manuscript for the second edition of my 'Facts are friendly' book--due out Spring 2026 from Sage.
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Save the date for our Therapy and Social Change (@TaSC) conference next year: 25th April 2026 - onlinevents.co.uk/save-the-dat...
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Save the Date: Therapy and Social Change Network Conference – 25 April 2026
We are thrilled to announce that the Therapy and Social Change Network (TaSC) will host […]
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Doctoral research project on the experiences of gay muslim men. Please do consider, or distribute onwards, as appropriate
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you missed the TASC Network talk, you can now catch the video of conflict negotiator, Yeshim Harris, talking about lessons from war zones and what it can teach us about addressing human conflict: between people and within. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W651...
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Conflict to Growth: Lessons from War Zones for Therapeutic & Social Change with Yeshim Harris
YouTube video by Therapy and Social Change Network (TaSC) Network
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Today: lessons from a war zone to inform therapeutic change: our June TASC Network seminar. How do we face the oppressor outside and within: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conflict-t...
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Conflict to Growth: Lessons from War Zones for Therapeutic & Social Change
Conflict to Growth: Lessons from War Zones for Therapeutic & Social Change, A TaSC Workshop with Yeshim Harris
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Our next TASC Network seminar is from global conflict negotiator, Yeshim Harris, who will be looking at what can be learnt from her work for the field of therapy. Friday, 6th June, 5pm-6pm BST. Free, but please book via: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conflict-t...
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Conflict to Growth: Lessons from War Zones for Therapeutic & Social Change
Conflict to Growth: Lessons from War Zones for Therapeutic & Social Change, A TaSC Workshop with Yeshim Harris
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
What is 'epistemic justice' and what does it mean for therapeutic thought and practice. Our TASC Network seminar, this Friday (5-6pm), from the brilliant Nicola Blunden, should be a great introduction to the concept and its implications. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/epistemic-...
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Epistemic Justice in Therapy: Knowledge, Power and Voice - Nicola Blunden
Epistemic Justice in Therapy: Knowledge, Power and Voice, A TaSC Seminar with Nicola Blunden
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Experiences of women who were mothers while involved in the UK criminal justice system. For more information, please contact our Counselling Psychology student Chloe Reed: reedc3@roehampton.ac.uk
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Online workshop for Japanese colleagues on pluralistic therapy: 18th June 20.00-22.00 Japanese time. peatix.com/event/436747...
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多元的心理療法 入門
※大変好評により早割販売50枚が売り切れました! 一般販売が残り40枚ですので、ご検討中の方はお早めにご購入ください。   多元的心理療法を世界的なセラピストから学ぼう ...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Join our University of Roehampton study on The Challenges of Defining Trauma. We’re looking for HCPC-registered psychologists with 2+ years’ experience. Y To sign up or find out more, please visit www.traumaresearch.co.uk or email lindopl@roehampton.ac.uk
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Defining Trauma: Psychologists' Perspectives on Challenges, and Implications for Clinical Care
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Hull: delighted to be coming up for Hull’s first Mental Health Conference, Wed. May 21st. Challenge stigma and drive real conversations; Share cutting-edge strategies for schools, workplaces, and clinics; Foster collaboration across professionals. hopen.co.uk/hulls-premie...
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Hull’s Premier Mental Health Conference 2025  – Hopen Minds
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
My colleague at University of Roehampton, Savin Bapir-Tardy, has been leading research on overcoming mandated shunning in religious groups. Here she introduces her work www.youtube.com/shorts/4uNQ1...
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Dr Savin Bapir-Tardy #stopmandatedshunning #shorts
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
If you missed our amazing seminar on Friday with young people, parents, professionals, and leaders of the mental health organisations talking about the need for better emotional health in schools, you can find the recording here. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions - YouTube
Education should be more than the pursuit of academic success—it should nurture well-rounded, emotionally resilient individuals. Schools should serve as envi...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Help Make Schools a Place of Emotional Health, Nurture, and Wellbeing. Friday, 5-7pm, online event bringing together the therapy professions to develop our campaign to make schools a place where children and young people can develop their self-worth. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emotionall...
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Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions
Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions, A TaSC Seminar
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A dialogue on therapy, AI, and social change Exploring the intersection of therapy and societal wellbeing; along with pluralism and AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIou...
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AI, Therapy & The Future Of Wellbeing | Mick Cooper
YouTube video by Becoming A Therapist
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Help make schools a place of emotional health, wellbeing, and nurturing. Join us for our cross-professions event: Friday 25th April, 5-7pm. Free, but please register via the link below.
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Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions
Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions, A TaSC Seminar
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
What does it mean to be in the age of 'humachines'? In this latest TASC Network podcast, we talk to author Michael Harvey about the increasing reach of AI, the threat it poses to humanity, and how we can strive towards a future that is fully human. www.buzzsprout.com/2256885/epis...
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The Age of Humachines: Artificial Intelligence, Social Justice, and the Annihilation of Being Human. Michael D. B. Harvey in Conversation with Mick Cooper - From Therapy to Social Change
What happens when the line between human and machine begins to blur? Michael Harvey, author of "The Age of Humachines," takes us on a fascinating journey through the rapidly transforming technological...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Let's Make Schools a Place of Emotional Nurturing and Wellbeing Emotionally Healthy Schools campaign, 25th April: how can we can work together to make change happen. Do please join us and spread the invite far and wide: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emotionall...
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Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions
Eventbrite - onlinevents.co.uk presents Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions - Friday, April 25, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New research finds that goals in therapy can be both **motivating** & **frustrating** for young people (13-16). **Key takeaway for counsellors?** Be flexible! Let teens choose how they track goals #MentalHealth #SchoolCounselling #GoalSetting bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice</em> | BPS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective To understand young people's experiences of setting and monitoring goals in the context of school-based counselling. Design Qualitative interview study of young people aged 13–16 years o...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools If you missed our TaSC February event on Mental Health in schools, including the presentation from Diane Abbott, you can find all the talks at the link here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
A real honour to be interviewed by Mad in America on Counselling, Pluralism, and Progressive Politics www.madinamerica.com/2025/02/psyc...
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Psychotherapy and Social Change: Mick Cooper on Counseling, Pluralism, and Progressive Politics
Javier Rizo interviews Mick Cooper on the intersection of psychotherapy and social transformation, the pluralistic approach to counseling, and the role of psychology in building a more just society.
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Experiences of relational depth in therapy with a translator - if you are a therapist who has had experiences of deep moments of connection while working with a translator, you may be interested in taking part in this study docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Participants Requested
Have you experienced deep moments of connection with clients, often referred to as relational depth? If this resonates with you I invite you to participate in this study! Title Therapists’ Experienc...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
School counselling works! Our research makes clear that counsellors in schools can help young people in a variety of important ways. www.bacp.co.uk/news/news-fr...
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New research shows multiple benefits of school counselling
News from BACP | New research shows multiple benefits of school counselling
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
What's it really like being an MP? What are the challenges to mental health and to family life? As part of the Therapy and Social Change Network, we recently had the opportunity to talk to Labour MP Alex Sobel about his experience of being in parliament. www.buzzsprout.com/2256885/epis...
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Alex Sobel MP in Conversation: Being Real in the Political World - From Therapy to Social Change
What is the reality of political life and how does it affect our MPs? Can they be the real human beings that they are? In this podcast, TaSC members Robbie Curtis and Mick Cooper talk to Labour MP Ale...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
How does the person-centred approach relate to theories and practices of social justice? In this edited write-up of my recent talk for the Melissa Harte Memorial Lecture, I argue that it has a unique contribution to make, but can also grow closer. mick-cooper.squarespace.com/new-blog/202...
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Social Justice and the Person-Centred Approach: Celebrating, Challenging, Evolving — Mick Cooper Training and Consultancy
This edited talk, presented as the 2025 Melissa Harte Memorial Lecture (4th Feb 2025), explores the contribution that person-centred thinking and practice can make to social justice; the limitations o...
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Richard Kemp @richardmskemp.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
It's #TimeToTalk Day and I'm reminded of this wonderfully stimulating conversation I had with @mickcooper77.bsky.social for the Transforming Society podcast. Mick urges our politicians to talk openly, listen and find ways to collaborate rather than competing for blame. So applicable to life, too!
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PODCAST: Why we need to apply psychology to politics - Transforming Society
Mick Cooper, author of ‘Psychology at the Heart of Social Change’, speaks to Richard Kemp about the strategies could we implement for a psychology-informed progressive society.
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The Person-Centred Approach and Social Justice. This evening (Tuesday), I'll be delivering the annual Melisssa Harte Lecture, exploring the relationship between the PCA and social justice: onlinevents.co.uk/event/social...
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Social Justice and the Person-Centred Approach – Mick Cooper – Onlinevents
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We're trying to make secondary schools a place of support and safety rather than brutality and fear. Join us tomorrow, Saturday, for our online conference to catalyse a campaign for mental health and wellbeing as every young person's right. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-hea...
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Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Putting mental wellbeing at the heart of education: join us for our mini-conference this Saturday on the role of schools in supporting mental health and wellbeing. With Diane Abbott MP, and Michael Wigglesworth on social and emotional learning. www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-hea...
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Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
What is the person-centred approach's unique contribution to social justice? How might it develop to be more impactful? Join us for the annual Melissa Harte lecture. Tuesday February 4 @ 21:00 - 22:30 GMT. Self-selected contribution. onlinevents.co.uk/event/social...
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Social Justice and the Person-Centred Approach – Mick Cooper – Onlinevents
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
What kind of relational style do clients want from their therapists? We found the most common preferences were for an active, challenging, and inputting therapist. Relatedness and validation were also commonly wanted; flexibility and space to talk. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Clients' Preferences for Their Therapists' Relational Styles in Psychotherapy: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study
Background Accommodating clients' preferences is a cornerstone of evidence-based practice. However, little is known of clients' preferences for their therapists' relational styles. Methods We cond.....
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Diane Abbott MP is keynote speaker for our online conference on making schools a place of emotional wellbeing and health. We'll be talking about exclusion policies, social and emotional learning; and hearing from young people as well as policy makers and experts. www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-hea...
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Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Person-centred counselling can have a profound impact on young people's lives, helping them to get things off their chest, improve relationships, and develop insights. Study based on in-depth interviews with 50 young people. See the full open-access paper at: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Person-Centred Therapy has made a radical and enduring contribution to social change, but there is much more that can be done. Annual Melissa Harte lecture, taking a critical look at the legacy, opportunities, and possibilities for the person-centred approach onlinevents.co.uk/event/social...
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Social Justice and the Person-Centred Approach – Mick Cooper – Onlinevents
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Just announced.... MENTAL WELLBEING IN SCHOOLS: A PLACE OF NURTURE One for your calendars : a morning together to take forward an agenda of mental health and wellbeing in schools: Sat. 1st Feb 2025--with some super speakers TBA in the New Year. www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-hea...
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Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
Mental Health in Schools: A Young Person’s Right
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Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
​What an interesting initiative from Kirk Schneider. The Corps of Depth Healers, 'a consortium of trained service providers whose aim is to provide affordable and accessible “emotionally restorative relationships” throughout the U.S.' www.corpsofdepthhealers.com
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Corps of Depth Healers | Healing social crises through depth psychology
The Corps of Depth Healers is a dynamic non-profit organization dedicated to addressing social crises through the transformative power of depth psychology, existential-humanistic principles, and inter...
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