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Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
ISBN: 9781847873453
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Mick Cooper and John McLeod pioneer a major new framework for counselling theory, practice and research - the pluralistic approach. This model breaks away from the orientation-specific way in which counselling has traditionally been taught, reflecting and responding to shifts in counselling and psychotherapy training.
As accessible and engaging as ever, Cooper and McLeod argue that there is no one right way of doing therapy and that different clients need different things at different times. By identifying and demonstrating the application of a range of therapeutic methods, the book outlines a flexible framework for practice within which appropriate methods can be selected depending on the clients individual needs and the therapists knowledge and experience.
This is a must-read for anybody training or practising in the counselling or helping professions - it should not be missed!
By Mick Cooper, John McLeod
Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 208
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
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Author Bio
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.