Mick Cooper

I am an author, trainer, and consultant in the field of counselling and psychotherapy: a Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton. 

My latest book explores the contribution that counselling and psychotherapy theory and practice can make to wider social progress and justice: Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Towards a Progressive Vision for Society (Bristol University, 2023). It references doughnut economics quite extensively as a progressive and sustainable socio-economic model towards which psychological theories (and practice) can helpfully contribute.

My other books include Existential Therapies (2nd ed., Sage, 2017), Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2nd ed., Sage, 2018), and Integrating Counselling and Psychotherapy: Directionality, Synergy, and Social Change (Sage, 2019). 

My principal areas of research have been in shared decision-making/personalising therapy, and counselling for young people in schools.