Research – Pluralistic Practice

Pluralism, Practice-Based Evidence, and Practice Research Networks

October 29, 2021 Measures Personal Practice Research No Comments

Bill Andrews, co founder of Pragmatic Tracker; Honorary Researcher, CREST, University of Roehampton I trained as a dentist originally back in Cork and spent 22 years looking at people upside down on my dental chair. In the early 2000s I went from ‘dental’ to ‘mental’ and trained as a Human…

4th International Conference on Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy – Conference Programme

June 25, 2021 Information and Updates Research No Comments

With 3 weeks to go we are pleased to update everyone with the final programme for our 2021 conference! For more information about our presenters you can check our webpage here and if you’re still to buy tickets you can pick them up here.

4th International Conference on Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy – Conference Booklet

June 21, 2021 Information and Updates Networking Practice Research No Comments

Under a month to go now! There are still tickets left, so if you are yet to buy one you can get one here. We’re operating on a pay what you can afford system when it comes to tickets to make it accessible for everyone. We now have our conference…

4th International Conference on Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy – Submission Deadline Extended!

May 25, 2021 Information and Updates Networking Research Training No Comments

We have now extended the deadline for submissions to Friday 11th June due to ongoing interest. Please find more information regarding submissions here and book tickets here. We welcome submissions from trainees, practitioners, and service users, as well as more experienced academics and researchers. Our aim is to create a warm, friendly, and…

Conference 2021 Update – Tickets and Abstracts

April 27, 2021 Information and Updates Research Training No Comments

Call for Papers and Ticket Information We’re so excited for this years conference on the 16th and 17th July. Our annual conference will be held online, and hosted by the University of South Wales and Online Events. They are seeking submissions of abstracts from trainees, practitioners, and service users, as…

Do Clients Want What They Want? Understanding Preferences Through the Directional Framework

April 8, 2021 Philosophy Practice Research Shared decision making 1 Comment

Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton ‘The problem with pluralistic therapy is that clients do not know what they want.’ This criticism of pluralism, levelled even by advocates of a person-centred approach, has many parallels in the field of social and political theory. Here, ‘preference utilitarianism’, articulated…

Survey of Pluralistic Practice: Key Findings

December 17, 2020 Information and Updates Practice Research Training 2 Comments

Julia McLeod, School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University An on-line survey of counselling and psychotherapy practitioners who identified themselves as using, or influenced by, a pluralistic framework for practice, was conducted in April 2020. Invitations to complete the survey were circulated by email to a wide range of individuals who…

Moving from Busyness to Retirement and Older Age: Can Pluralistic Counselling Help?

September 8, 2020 Older adults Practice Research 1 Comment

Dr. Nicholas Sarantakis, Senior Lecturer at the University of Northampton, www.nicholassarantakis.com, nicholas.sarantakis@gmail.com Pluralistic counselling, by definition, draws on a combination of different ideas and therapeutic approaches and techniques; where the journey from psychological distress to contentment and fulfilment is an ongoing, often convoluted, process. This is pretty much like life…

Pluralistic Counselling for Sight Loss

August 3, 2020 Personal Philosophy Practice Research Training 5 Comments

Dr Mhairi Thurston, Senior Lecturer in Counselling at Abertay University I am a blind pluralistic counselling academic with an irrational fear of writing. That blank page and the deafening voice of my inner critic, telling me no one is interested in what I have to say and that other people…

10 Principles of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

July 8, 2020 Research No Comments

Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton What does counselling and psychotherapy research look like, from a pluralistic perspective? Here are ten principles that, for me, would be essential to such research (and, of course, this is a very personal perspective). A genuine openness to the evidence. We…

Shaping the Future of Pluralistic Therapy

May 26, 2020 Research Therapeutic approaches Training No Comments

Julia McLeod, Lecturer in Counselling, Abertay University, Dundee Over the last few weeks, there’s been a lot of activity going on behind the scenes to create an online therapist survey on pluralistic practice. The survey has now been published, and is open until the 8th June 2020. You can access…

Shaking the Pluralistic Kaleidoscope on a Central Asian Campus

February 17, 2020 Arts therapies Cultural diversity Philosophy Research Young people 2 Comments

Robin Higgins MA, University Counsellor and Well-Being Consultant, University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Campus Well-Being blog: https://tenthstreetdinner.wordpress.com/ Pluralism is a process and not a product. It is a mentality, a way of looking at a diverse and changing world. A pluralistic environment is a kaleidoscope that history shakes…

Eliciting and Accommodating Client Preferences in Counselling and Psychotherapy: When is it Helpful?

January 23, 2020 Preferences Research Shared decision making 1 Comment

Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton Is it always helpful to ask clients in counselling and psychotherapy about their preferences, and to fully accommodate them? Of course, from a pluralistic standpoint, that is the wrong question to be asking. Overall, meta-analyses do show that preference accommodation is…

What Kind of Client Preferences are There?

January 14, 2020 Practice Preferences Research Shared decision making 2 Comments

Mick Cooper, University of Roehampton Recently, I’ve been talking to colleagues–and trying to get my head around–the different kinds of preferences that clients might have in counselling and psychotherapy. At the heart of a pluralistic approach is listening to, and trying to accommodate, client preferences; and thinking about the different…

Using measures

March 7, 2019 Preferences Research No Comments

By John Mcleod A theme that often comes up in conversations with pluralistic is the challenge of using feedback tools (CORE, ORS, etc) in therapy sessions. I would like to suggest three points here, for further consideration and possible discussion. First, it is helpful to look at what is happening…