Mick Cooper
Mick Cooper is an internationally recognised author, trainer, and consultant in the field of humanistic, existential, and pluralistic therapies. Mick is a chartered psychologist and Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton. Mick's 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). Mick’s principal areas of research have been in shared decision-making/personalising therapy and counselling for young people in schools. In 2014, Mick received the Carmi Harari Mid-Career Award from Division 32 of the American Psychological Association. He is a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Academy of Social Sciences, and co-founder of the Pluralistic Practice Network. In recent work, Mick has been exploring the contribution that counselling theory and practice can make to wider social change and justice, co-founding the Therapy and Social Change network and authoring Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Towards a Progressive Vision for Society (Bristol University, 2023).
