Mick Cooper
@mickcooper77.bsky.social
Dad of four; Professor of Counselling Psychology; psychotherapist; author on pluralistic, existential, and relational therapies; comments my own
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?
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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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September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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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’.
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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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September 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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...
onlinevents.co.uk/event/an-int...
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.
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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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September 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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
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August 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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...
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
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.
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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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August 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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.
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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.
July 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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.
Save the date for our Therapy and Social Change (@TaSC) conference next year: 25th April 2026 - onlinevents.co.uk/save-the-dat...
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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July 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Save the date for our Therapy and Social Change (@TaSC) conference next year: 25th April 2026 - onlinevents.co.uk/save-the-dat...
Doctoral research project on the experiences of gay muslim men. Please do consider, or distribute onwards, as appropriate
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Doctoral research project on the experiences of gay muslim men. Please do consider, or distribute onwards, as appropriate
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.
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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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June 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W651...
Today: lessons from a war zone to inform therapeutic change: our June TASC Network seminar. How do we face the oppressor outside and within:
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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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June 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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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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:
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Friday, 6th June, 5pm-6pm BST. Free, but please book via:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conflict-t...
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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June 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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...
Friday, 6th June, 5pm-6pm BST. Free, but please book via:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conflict-t...
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-...
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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May 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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-...
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: [email protected]
For more information, please contact our Counselling Psychology student Chloe Reed: [email protected]
May 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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: [email protected]
For more information, please contact our Counselling Psychology student Chloe Reed: [email protected]
Online workshop for Japanese colleagues on pluralistic therapy: 18th June 20.00-22.00 Japanese time.
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May 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Online workshop for Japanese colleagues on pluralistic therapy: 18th June 20.00-22.00 Japanese time.
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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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Defining Trauma: Psychologists' Perspectives on Challenges, and Implications for Clinical Care
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May 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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...
Hull’s Premier Mental Health Conference 2025 – Hopen Minds
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May 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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...
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
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Dr Savin Bapir-Tardy #stopmandatedshunning #shorts
YouTube video by Stop Mandated Shunning
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April 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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...
www.youtube.com/shorts/4uNQ1...
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.
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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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April 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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.
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www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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...
Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions
Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions, A TaSC Seminar
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April 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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...
A dialogue on therapy, AI, and social change
Exploring the intersection of therapy and societal wellbeing; along with pluralism and AI.
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Exploring the intersection of therapy and societal wellbeing; along with pluralism and AI.
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AI, Therapy & The Future Of Wellbeing | Mick Cooper
YouTube video by Becoming A Therapist
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April 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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...
Exploring the intersection of therapy and societal wellbeing; along with pluralism and AI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIou...
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.
Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions
Emotionally Healthy Schools: Engaging the Therapy Professions, A TaSC Seminar
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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.
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.
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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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March 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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...
www.buzzsprout.com/2256885/epis...
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...
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...
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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March 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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...
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...
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
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#MentalHealth #SchoolCounselling #GoalSetting
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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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March 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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/...
#MentalHealth #SchoolCounselling #GoalSetting
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...