Prof Mick Cooper
professor
GH504 GRAHAM HILLS
Tel : +44 (0)141 548 3511 (Ext. 3511)
Research Overview
Principal area of research is the process and outcomes of humanistic and existential counselling and psychotherapy; focusing on humanistic counselling in schools, relational depth, and the effectiveness of existential, humanistic and pluralistic practices.
Research interests
Counselling in schools, relational depth, existential therapy, therapeutic relationship, humanistic psychology
Academic / Professional qualifications
2009 Qualification in Counselling Psychology, British Psychological Society
1997-1998 Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy, Regent’s College, London
1995-1996 Diploma in Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy, Regent's College, London
1991-1998 DPhil (Psychology), Sussex University, Brighton
1985-1988 BA (Hons) Social Psychology (1st), Sussex University, Brighton
- COSEE-II: School counselling for children with special social, emotional and behavioural needs (Principal investigator)
- CLICD - Counselling versus Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for mild Depression (Principal investigator)
- BACP - CCYP ERG (Principal investigator)
- Research support for meta-analysis of the effectiveness of person-centered and experiential therapy (Principal investigator)
- Welsh Evaluation of Counselling in Schools (Principal investigator)
- EXIST Review: Existential therapies for psychological distress in adults systematic review (Principal investigator)
- Efficacy of Humanistic Counselling in Schools for Emotional Distress using Pastoral Care, referral p (Principal investigator)
- Proposals for a BACP briefing paper on developing a randomised controlled trial of counselling for d (Principal investigator)
- Pilot randomised trial of counselling in schools using pastoral care referal (Principal investigator)
- (Collaboration Agreement) Efficacy of counselling in schools : pilot phase of a randomised controlled trial (Principal investigator)
Mick Cooper DPhil CPsychol is a leading international authority in the fields of person-centred, humanistic and existential approaches to counselling and psychotherapy. He is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, co-Director of the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and editor of Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapies. Mick is the author of several leading texts in the field, including Existential Therapies (Sage, 2003), Working at relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy (Sage, 2005, co-authored with Dave Mearns), Essential Research Findings in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2008) and Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2005, co-authored with John McLeod). Mick is also recognised for his research into humanistic school-based counselling.
- Counselling in schools,
- Existential therapy,
- Person-centred/experiential therapy
- Pluralistic approaches,
- Relational depth.
- Existential therapy
- Person-centred/experiential therapy
- Research-informed practice
- Pluralistic approaches
- Relational depth
- Interpersonal processes
- Counselling in schools.
Mick Cooper has been Professor of Counselling at the University of Strathclyde since 2005, and previously worked at the Universities of Brighton and Sussex. He is a UKCP-registered existential psychotherapist and lives in Glasgow with his partner and four children.
- Glasgow Counselling Standards Review Group
- BACP Core Curriculum Development Group
- British Psychological Society
- Division of Counselling Psychology, BPS (full member)
- United Kingdom Conference of Psychotherapists
- British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
- International Training Committee, Society of Psychotherapy Research
- ESRC Peer Review College
- Science Panel, Mental Health Providers’ Forum
- BACP Research Foundation Scientific Committee
- Psychotherapists and Counsellors Professional Liaison Group, Health Professions Council
- Stakeholder Reference Group, Children and Young People, BACP
- Expert Reference Group, Humanistic/Person-Centred Therapies, Skills for Health, NHS
- Glasgow Counselling Standards Review Group
- Research Committee, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, University of Dublin
- MA Client Centred Therapy, Leeds Metropolitan University
