The Pluralistic Approach to Counselling and Psychotherapy

[@ThierryGTG]

Thank you very much for this very clear presentation of the Pluralistic Approach and for making it available to everyone for free! I'm so pleased this is the approach I am being trained in.

[@alexarcher1601]

Thank you for your excellent work Mick.

[@robertgregory2508]

Eat before shopping and publishing on youtube to avoid the purchase of crisps and making food metaphors, Thanks for this Mick, very useful.

[@ForestTekkenVideos]

I'm excited to watch this later! Liked and subscribed!

[@julia_papworth]

Thank you, as always very insightful.

[@psicologiajoseh]

This is wonderful. I'm really looking forward to getting involved.

[@redlady935]

10:30 thanks for vid. It's interesting. Regarding this point, I think there's a difference between dogmatism and practicising one modality. I'm very respectful of different modalities and the power of that but mixing it all together can be confusing and deplete confidence in the same way that mixing different schools of Buddhism can be confusing if trying to train in meditation. I was frustrated with my person centred therapist at times for not being more directive when I wanted that but in the long run her staying within my frame of reference without introducing other techniques enabled me to get in touch with myself on a deeper visceral level. I know this is a controversial statement but I wonder if people who move from person centred to introducing other techniques are impatient with the process? It's working on a cognitive level and it takes real courage to stay with a client on a deep visceral level as my therapist did. It takes and ability to really be able to be present to oneself, as a therapist, on a deep visceral level and most of us as therapists don't have that. Most of us are fidgity. Can we sit silently still with ourselves for an hour without needing distraction? Do we really love ourselves deeply? I look forward to more vids ❤️.

[@redlady935]

37:35 see this is the bit where I struggle with this 'pluralism' , because I'm all for different approaches suiting different clients at different times but this whole 'challenging' a client thing if they haven't asked to be challenged seems dismissive of their felt experience to me and a bit experty. Surely we can get that from mates or family. It's just so powerful and rare to stay with someones process. Who even offers that in this world? Especially with you as a man if speaking to a woman as the authority on what a great person they are. I know it's well intended so maybe that's the most important thing, I don't know 🤔

[@mickcoopercounselling]

The problem for me is that, if we assume we know what clients need from therapy, we're effectively holding an 'expert' position. Our research shows that a lot of clients do want challenge in therapy, and so to not challenge seems, to me (paradoxically), to be being the expert

[@richieroma]

Thanks Mick - was the cancelled conference in Dublin during covid ever rescheduled?

[@mickcoopercounselling]

Yes, see our pluralistic practice site for subsequent conferences