785 research outputs found
Experiencing relational depth in therapy : What we know so far
No full textThis chapter summarises the current research on the experience of relational depth in therapy
Experiencing relational depth: self-development exercises and reflections
No full textThis chapter outlines a series of self-development exercises that can be used in an individual or training context to help explore and deepen therapists' capacities to engage at relational dept
Therapy: the evidence about what works
No full textThere is research evidence to support many positive therapeutic outcomes. Mick Cooper has put it all togethe
Dialogue : a dialogue between focusing and relational perspectives
No full textThis paper explores the question “What is dialogue?” and its relevance to therapeutic practice through a dialogically-structured conversation between two members of the person-centered community: Akira Ikemi, a leading advocate of focusing; and Mick Cooper, co-author of Working at relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy. The conversation explores the possibility that dialogue may provide a valuable meeting point between the relational and focusing “tribes” of person-centered therapy: a co-explication of felt-senses at both the client’s and therapist’s edges of awareness
A radical responsiveness to client as other : developing a pluralistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy
No full textThe pluralistic approach to therapy developed by Cooper and McLeod is rooted in ethics, and is an attempt to develop our abilities to engage with clients in deeply respectful and valuing ways. The presentation argues that a principle obstacle to such an engagement can be a tendency in our field to hold either/or, polarised positions, such that we are not fully open to the complexity and diversity of the actual clients that we encounter. This presentation focuses on three particularly polarisations that can take place within the counselling and psychotherapy world: between advocates of different orientations, between integrative/eclectic versus single orientation practices, and between client-led versus therapist-led approaches. The presentation suggests how a pluralistic approach may be able to overcome these schisms, and discusses the implications of this perspective for thinking and practice in our field
Counselling in UK secondary schools
No full textMick Cooper reports his findings from a recent review of counselling in schools and summarises key developments in recent policy, practice and research that will, he argues, lay robust foundations for its future. These include a developing evidence base, current work on establishing agreed competences, the national Mind-Ed e-training initiative and Children and Young People’s IAP
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The relational approach to person-centred therapy
No full textThis chapter details the theoretical and clinical foundations for a relational approach to person-centred therapy. It covers its evolution, philosophical and psychological roots and practice. This approach has evolved from classical person-centred therapy by giving a new emphasis to the first and sixth conditions: contact and client perceptions of connectivity with the therapist. The relational approach has four interlinked dimensions from which to derive relational practice: the relationship to another, where the therapist has an ethical responsibility to encounter the client; the co-created relationship, where healing occurs through moments of relational depth; the self-relationship, as an ongoing commitment to developing self-acceptance, and the relationship to the social world and contexts.
Evidence for the benefits of the relational approach is growing. It comes from research into factors that touch on relationship with the other, and more recently from evidence for the links between relational depth and mutuality, which reflect the co-created relationship. There is also some evidence on the importance of the self-relationship and relationship with the world. Further research is needed in each of these areas, and most importantly on integrating cultural sensitivity into relational person-centred practices
Introduction: the in-depth therapeutic encounter
No full textChapter from the book Relational Depth: New Perspectives and Developments focusing on the in-depth therapeutic encounter
Say Banana! Deslizamento e contracultura na ficção de Mick Stern
No full textResenha do livro de Mick Stern
Stern, Mick. Likely Stories. Ilustrações do autor. Nova York: Maria Flophaus, 2021. 130p.Review of Mick Stern\u27s book
Stern, Mick. Likely Stories. Ilustrations by the author. New York: Maria Flophaus, 2021. 130p
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