Goals in Therapy: Actualising Our Deepest Directions

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Directionality: The actualisation of our deepest directions

Goal dimensions: ‘Not all goals are created equal’

Basic principles and methods for working with goals in counselling and psychotherapy

Using the Goals Form

Process Group

Mick Cooper

Mick Cooper is an internationally recognised author, trainer, and consultant in the field of humanistic, existential, and pluralistic therapies. He is a Chartered Psychologist, and Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton. Mick has facilitated workshops and lectures around the world, including New Zealand, Lithuania, and Florida. Mick's books include Existential Therapies (Sage, 2017), Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2018), and The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (Palgrave, 2013). His latest work is 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.

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Testimonials: Live Attendees

Vasileios Papageorgiou

Happy to attend such a seminar, developed in the wide spectrum of different approaches and models, open-minded and client oriented, experiential.

Angela Hemmings

If like me, you have attended Mick's workshops over the past two years you will know how fortunate we have been. I have been fortunate enough to have attended Pluralistic Counselling, Relational Depth in Counselling, Existential Contributions to Counselling, Outcome Measures in Counselling Children & YP and Actualising our Deepest Goals. I am a counsellor for Children & Young People having attended these workshops my awareness has deepened in valuing the young client's agenda whilst acknowleding the limitations to what can feel like a non directive approach. These valuable learnings have provided better client outcomes from appreciating directionality.

Sharon Silverstone

Another great workshop from John and the team! A lovely balance of teaching, experiential learning and engagement with the community. Mick's presentation provided so much to consider both personally as well as in the therapy relationship. Thank you both for such an interesting and enjoyable learning experience.

Abida Haroon

This event has given me an in-depth understanding of goal setting in counselling with my clients and it's importance. I will be exploring goals with my clients and now have the understanding that by doing that I can still have person centred approach. This event has clarified alot of questions for me. It has given me an insight about how goal setting can be useful in many ways in therapeutic process. Thank you Mick.

Simone Baldwin

Very interesting and knowledgeable course . Shown how it can be incorporated in different theory's in a non directive way. Looking at both pros and cons and putting the client at the forefront of the therapy.

Testimonials

Tania Davis

Brilliant to bring together the philosophical and practical aspects of this essential element of our work. Thank you.

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Nick Bullock

As always, Mick delivers a workshop with a solid overview of goal based approaches, as well as more in-depth knowledge, evidence-based research and thought p...

As always, Mick delivers a workshop with a solid overview of goal based approaches, as well as more in-depth knowledge, evidence-based research and thought provoking questions to help anyone wishing to look at using goals and directions within their own practice.

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