Introducing the Pluralistic Approach Foundations for a Pluralistic Approach Building a Collaborative Therapeutic Relationship Client Goals: The Starting Point for Therapy Tasks: Focusing the Therapeutic Work Methods: Resources for Facilitating Change Research: Developing Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy Supervision, Training, CPD and Service Delivery: Pluralistic Perspectives Discussion: Towards a New Paradigm References
Mick Cooper is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton, where he is Director of the Centre for Research in Social and Psychological Transformation (CREST). Mick is a chartered psychologist, a UKCP registered psychotherapist, and a Fellow of the BACP. Mick is author and editor of a range of texts on person-centred, existential and relational approaches to therapy; including Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2005, SAGE, with Dave Mearns), Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy (2011, SAGE, with John McLeod) and Existential Therapies (2nd edn, 2017, SAGE). Mick has led a series of research studies exploring the processes and outcomes of humanistic counsel ling with young people. Mick is the father of four children and lives in Brighton on the south coast of England. John McLeod has held appointments in universities in the UK, New Zealand and Italy, and is currently Professor of Counselling at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin, and Professor of Psychology, University of Oslo. He is committed to promoting the relevance of research as a means of informing therapy practice and improving the quality of services that are available to clients, and has received an award from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy for his exceptional contribution to research. His writing has influenced a generation of trainees in the field of counselling, counselling psychology and psychotherapy, and his books are widely adopted on training programmes across the world.
"The writing style is plain and clear. The structure of each chapter is evident, rather like a textbook with handy bullet points at the beginning indicating the chapter's content, a summary at the end, and questions and exercises to test the reader's critical understanding. There is recommended reading so that you can follow up on particular points, and no particularly difficult or obscure language to grapple with. I found the text totally accessible.
The authors call for service-providers to think carefully about
the risks involved in only offering a limited range of therapeutic
modalities / brands such as CBT, psychodynamic, person-centred,
existentialism, and so forth, that is, to consider the risks of not
providing the therapy that would be optimal for the client and the
society around him" -Paula Smith, Journal of The Society for
Existential Analysis
"Mick Cooper and John McLeod have produced a truly groundbreaking
book in the field of counselling and psychotherapy which
immediately ranks as one of the most significant in terms of
influencing my own thinking and practice. The pluralistic approach
is likely to resonate with many who have struggled to make sense of
multiple approaches and practices which all seem potentially
helpful, and the positioning of the collaborative relationship with
the client at the centre of the approach fits very well with
current thinking in mental health more widely. The book brings
together a wealth of relevant theory and research, with
illuminating examples. It is a valuable counter to the overly
precious 'us and them' type thinking that can be so prevalent in
the counselling and psychotherapy world, and gives us new and
helpful ways of speaking our experiences of therapy." - Meg Barker,
Open University, co-author of Understanding Counselling and
Psychotherapy, 2010, SAGE
"This book comes at an opportune moment for practitioner training
and practice. It will be an invaluable source text for trainees and
experienced practitioners seeking support in developing their
understanding of, and practice in, contemporary counselling and
therapy." - Dr Lynne Gabriel, Reader in Counselling and Relational
Ethics and Chair, BACP
"Fifteen years of research amongst therapy users has shown me that
most of them know and care little what therapy modality they
receive. They want a therapy that works, that helps them meet their
own goals, and that treats them respectfully and responsively as
customers of a service. This book describes an approach which is
groundbreaking in meeting these criteria. It is packed with
interesting ideas and research, beautifully written and gripping to
read." - Nicky Forsythe, Mental Health Services Researcher
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