Progressive Social Change Perspectives and Therapy: Mapping the Interfaces

Part 1: From Progressive Social Change Perspectives to Therapy

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Keywords:

Pluralism, social justice, counselling, psychotherapy, progressivism

Abstract

The pluralistic approach to therapy is grounded in principles of  progressive social change. This paper is the first part of a review that maps the interfaces between progressive social change perspectives and therapy; with this, Part 1, introducing the review and focusing on the contribution of the former on the latter. Building on previous maps by Totton and Sanders, the aim is to help create a comprehensive, integrated framework for understanding these interfaces that can stimulate further writing, research, and practice. A systematic search of two key journals and related literature was conducted, resulting in the construction of seven main domains, some of which were further divided into sub-domains. Domains and sub-domains are: the existence of Therapy-as-a-Whole, Therapeutic Practice (subdomains: Understanding Clients and Formulation, Therapists’ Self-Understandings, The Therapeutic Relationship, Methods and Techniques, Therapeutic Interventions), Supervision, Training (subdomains: Curricula, Process, Access), Research (subdomains: Topics, Methodology), Access to Therapy, and The Therapy Profession. Literature and practices in each of these areas is described and illustrated. This paper also considers key traditions of progressive social change thought and action in the therapy field and discusses the challenges of mapping out these interfaces. By bringing together a wide range of literature and traditions, this paper supports pluralistic therapists, and others with a progressive social change perspective, to reflect on, and develop, the social justice elements of their thought and practice. Part 2 of this review, to be published, will look at the contribution of therapy to progressive social change perspectives, and integrated psych-political approaches.

Author Biography

Mick Cooper, University of Roehampton

Mick Cooper is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton. He is an internationally recognised author, trainer, and consultant in the field of humanistic, existential, and pluralistic therapies; and a Chartered Psychologist.  Mick has facilitated workshops and lectures around the world, including New Zealand, Lithuania, and Florida. 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. Mick’s latest book explores the contribution that counselling and psychotherapy theory and practice can make to wider social progress and justice: Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Towards a Progressive Vision for Society (Bristol University, 2023).

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