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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Mick Cooper is affiliated with the University of Roehampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology, among other subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics related to psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychosocial development, counseling techniques, relationship dynamics, supervision practices, personality disorders, and mental health research. Key topics of their research include:

  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Mick Cooper are:

  • "Humanistic counselling plus pastoral care as usual versus pastoral care as usual for the treatment of psychological distress in adolescents in UK state schools (ETHOS): a randomised controlled trial," 2021, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • "Activity preferences in psychotherapy: what do patients want and how does this relate to outcomes and alliance?," 2021, Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cooper include:

  • John C. Norcross
  • Gina Di Malta
  • Charlie Duncan
  • Kate Smith
  • Michael Barkham

Some of the venues where Cooper's work is regularly published are:

  • Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Humanistic Psychology
  • British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Cooper's book publications include several editions of Psychology at the Heart of Social Change published by Policy Press in 2023 and work published by the American Psychological Association in 2021 entitled Personalizing psychotherapy: Assessing and accommodating patient preferences.

Recognition of Cooper's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Essential Research Findings in Counselling and Psychotherapy: The Facts are Friendly

    Mick Cooper

  • Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy

    Dave Mearns;Michael Cooper

  • Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy

    Mick Cooper;John McLeod

  • Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural, person-centred and psychodynamic therapies as practised in UK National Health Service settings.

    William B Stiles;Michael Barkham;Elspeth Twigg;John Mellor-Clark

  • Existential therapies: a meta-analysis of their effects on psychological outcomes.

    Joël Vos;Meghan Craig;Mick Cooper

  • The impact of accommodating client preference in psychotherapy: A meta‐analysis

    Joshua K. Swift;Jennifer L. Callahan;Mick Cooper;Susannah R. Parkin

  • A pluralistic framework for counselling and psychotherapy: Implications for research

    Mick Cooper;John McLeod

  • The plural self : multiplicity in everyday life

    John Rowan;Mick Cooper

  • Interagency collaboration in children and young people's mental health: a systematic review of outcomes, facilitating factors and inhibiting factors

    M. Cooper;Y. Evans;J. Pybis

  • The Young Person's CORE: Development of a brief outcome measure for young people

    Elspeth Twigg;Michael Barkham;Bridgette M. Bewick;Brendan Mulhern

  • The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling

    Mick Cooper;Maureen O'Hara;Peter Schmid;Art Bohart

  • Therapists' experiences of relational depth: a qualitative interview study

    Mick Cooper

  • Welcoming the other: actualising the humanistic ethic at the core of counselling psychology practice

    Mick Cooper

  • Counselling in UK secondary schools: A comprehensive review of audit and evaluation data

    Mick Cooper

  • Post-traumatic growth following bereavement: A systematic review of the literature.

    Christina Michael;Mick Cooper

  • School-based counselling in UK secondary schools : a review and critical evaluation

    Mick Cooper

  • Research Paper Post-traumatic growth following bereavement: A systematic review of the literature

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  • Person-Centered and Experiential Therapies Work: A review of the research on counseling, psychotherapy and related practices

    Mick Cooper;Jeanne C. Watson;Dagmar Hölldampf

  • Person-centered therapy: A pluralistic perspective

    Mick Cooper;John McLeod

  • Randomised controlled trial of school-based humanistic counselling for emotional distress in young people: feasibility study and preliminary indications of efficacy.

    Mick Cooper;Nancy Rowland;Katherine McArthur;Susan Pattison

  • 'I-I' and 'I-me' : Transposing Buber's interpersonal attitudes to the intrapersonal plane

    Mick Cooper

  • Dialogue: Bridging Personal, Community, and Social Transformation

    Mick Cooper;Amy Chak;Flora Cornish;Alex Gillespie

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Norcross
John C. Norcross University of Scranton
Michael Barkham
Michael Barkham University of Sheffield
Catherine J. Harmer
Catherine J. Harmer University of Oxford
Robert Elliott
Robert Elliott University of Strathclyde
Ray Norbury
Ray Norbury Brunel University London
William B. Stiles
William B. Stiles Miami University
Bridgette M. Bewick
Bridgette M. Bewick University of Leeds
Janice Connell
Janice Connell University of Sheffield
Jennifer L. Callahan
Jennifer L. Callahan University of North Texas
Paul T. P. Wong
Paul T. P. Wong Trent University

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