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Counselling training in higher education in the United Kingdom: Challenges and opportunities for research (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Many Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) now offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in counselling. However, counselling is a relatively new and developing p... Read More about Counselling training in higher education in the United Kingdom: Challenges and opportunities for research.

Contributions from the person-centred experiential approach to the field of social pedagogy (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. The aim of this article is to show how the theory and philosophy of the person-centred experiential approach, originally developed by the psychologist Carl Rogers, can usefully inform the... Read More about Contributions from the person-centred experiential approach to the field of social pedagogy.

A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training (2018)
Journal Article

Background: This study addresses the thorny issue of mandatory personal psychotherapy within counselling and psychotherapy training. It is expensive, emotionally demanding and time-consuming. Nevertheless, proponents argue that it is essential in pro... Read More about A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training.

A confirmatory factor analysis of the Mandarin-Chinese version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. (2018)
Journal Article

The aim of this study was to translate and provide an initial validation for a full Mandarin-Chinese version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-L RI:MC) to include forms Other toward Self-64 (OS-64) and Other toward Self-40 (OS-40) for... Read More about A confirmatory factor analysis of the Mandarin-Chinese version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory..

Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education (2017)
Journal Article

The integration of new technologies into counsellor education has progressed slowly. We present mPath ; an online system designed to support iterative, multi-levelled and deep reflection on practice in skills training sessions. We propose... Read More about Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education.

Practitioners’ experiences of learning and implementing Counselling for Depression (CfD) in routine practice settings (2017)
Journal Article

Aim: Counselling for Depression (CfD) is a person-centred experiential therapy developed for implementation in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Training in this model has been available across England since 2011. This... Read More about Practitioners’ experiences of learning and implementing Counselling for Depression (CfD) in routine practice settings.

A theory on reports of constructive (real) and illusory posttraumatic growth (2017)
Journal Article

It has been suggested that self-reported posttraumatic growth could sometimes be considered as a way for people to protect themselves from the distress of trauma. In this case, reports of posttraumatic growth could be illusory. We suggest a theory on... Read More about A theory on reports of constructive (real) and illusory posttraumatic growth.

The association between sense of humour and trauma-related mental health outcomes: two exploratory studies (2017)
Journal Article

Two studies (n = 73, n = 132) explored the association between sense of humour and trauma related well-being outcomes. It was found that sense of humour was not associated with reports of posttraumatic growth as measured by the Posttraumatic Growth I... Read More about The association between sense of humour and trauma-related mental health outcomes: two exploratory studies.

Person-centred therapy and the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK (2017)
Book Chapter

Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being (2017)
Journal Article

Unconditional positive self-regard (UPSR) is regarded by humanistic psychologists as an important determinant of well-being. However, until recently it has received little empirical attention. The current study aims to examine the association between... Read More about Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being.

Related but not replaceable: a response to Warner’s reworking of person-centered personality theory (2016)
Journal Article

Whether conditions of worth theory can explain complex forms of human psychological distress, such as those emanating from early experiences of abuse, neglect and trauma, alongside experiences of physiological events later in life is open to debate.... Read More about Related but not replaceable: a response to Warner’s reworking of person-centered personality theory.

A cross-sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth (2015)
Journal Article

Person-centered psychotherapy is based on the growth paradigm of psychological distress. Person-centered therapy is, therefore, ideally placed to facilitate posttraumatic growth. There were two aims of this study. The first was to explore the associa... Read More about A cross-sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth.

A practice research study concerning homeless service user involvement with a programme of social support work delivered in a specialized psychological trauma service (2015)
Journal Article

Homeless people are a population known to be highly vulnerable to trauma, in triggering events to becoming homeless and the considerable social isolation, discrimination, and adversity suffered when homeless. Currently, there is a paucity of research... Read More about A practice research study concerning homeless service user involvement with a programme of social support work delivered in a specialized psychological trauma service.

On becoming a counselor: challenges and opportunities to support interpersonal skills training (2015)
Conference Proceeding

Well-developed interpersonal skills are crucial for all social interactions. However, understanding how interpersonal skills are taught or learned, and how technology can play a part in this, is yet an under-researched area in CSCW and HCI research.... Read More about On becoming a counselor: challenges and opportunities to support interpersonal skills training.

A journey to client and therapist mutuality in person-centered psychotherapy: a case study (2014)
Journal Article

This aim of this case study was to build theory on the development of client–therapist mutuality in person-centered psychotherapy. A case study focusing on a 42-year-old female client who had presented for therapy following trauma within interpersona... Read More about A journey to client and therapist mutuality in person-centered psychotherapy: a case study.

Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions (2014)
Journal Article

Abstract Objective: Research on the effects of Rogers’s therapeutic relationship conditions has typically focused on the unilateral provision of empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence from therapist to client. Method: This study look... Read More about Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions.