Activities per year
Project Details
Description
This project covers a range of studies and writings that have focused on the development of methods for sharing decisions with clients in counselling and psychotherapy: that is, flexibly adapting practice to clients' preferences. This includes work on the development of the Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP), which aims to assess clients' preferences on a range of key dimensions. It also includes the development of 'pluralistic therapy: An approach to counselling and psychotherapy which aims to tailor therapy to the unique needs and wants of each individual client.
| Status | Active |
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| Effective start/end date | 1/01/15 → … |
Keywords
- shared decision making
- preference assessment
- preference accommodation
- C-NIP
- pluralistic therapy
Activities
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Online Launch of TalkingPreferences.org website
Cooper, M. (Advisor)
8 May 2026Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Workshop and other training
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Psychometric Validation of the Understanding Preferences in Counselling (U-PIC) Form (Stages 6a and 6b)
Cooper, M. (Keynote speaker)
16 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Oral presentation for an academic audience
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Invited Keynote: ‘To What Extent Can Client Preferences Contribute to Personalization?’
Cooper, M. (Speaker)
17 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
Impacts
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Preference Assessment and Accommodation/C-NIP Impacts (REF 2029 ICS)
Cooper, M. (Participant)
Impact: Impact on public health, Impact on practice, Policy impact
Projects
- 1 Active
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A comparison of patients' preferences for psychotherapy with psychotherapists' preferences for delivering psychotherapy in China
She, Z., Cooper, M. & Di Malta, G., 8 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychotherapy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clients' Preferences for Their Therapists' Relational Styles in Psychotherapy: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study
Malta, G. D., Cooper, M., Oddli, H., Swift, J. K. & Knox, S., 24 Jan 2025, In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factorial structure and measurement invariance of the Italian version of the Cooper – Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)
Tona, A. L., Brugnera, A., Salerno, L., Tasca, G. A., Carrara, S., Coco, G. L., Greco, A., Cooper, M., Norcross, J. C. & Compare, A., 4 Feb 2025, In: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY. 44, 5, p. 2935-2945 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Student theses
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Shared decision-making in counselling and psychotherapy
Gibson, A. (Author), Cooper, M. (Supervisor), Hayes, J. (Supervisor) & Rae, J. (Supervisor), 5 Mar 2019Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Talk about what might be helpful: Relating meta-therapeutic dialogue to concrete interactions and exploring the relevance for therapeutic practice
Cantwell, S. (Author), Rae, J. (Supervisor) & Hayes, J. (Supervisor), 12 Feb 2018Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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