Essential Research Findings in Counselling and Psychotherapy

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 counselling with young people. Mick is the father of four children and lives in Brighton on the south coast of England.

This new edition is a remarkable distillation of an enormous body of research into an easily accessible and understandable format, enabling counsellors and psychotherapists to develop and enhance their practice through reference to the research, irrespective of their existing level of research interest or knowledge.

• 1. Introduction: The Friendly Facts2. Outcomes: Does Therapy Help?3. Client Factors: The Heart and Soul of Therapeutic Change4. Therapist Factors: Searching for the Supershrink5. Relationship Factors: ′It′s the Relationship that Heals...′ or is it?6. Techniques: What you do and the way you do it7. Orientation: The Great Psychotherapy Debate8. Personalising Therapy to the Individual Client: What Works for Whom?