Clients come to therapy with different needs, goals, and preferences. Yet many practitioners feel pulled toward using familiar models or fixed ways of working.

This two-part workshop introduces a pluralistic approach to therapy, offering a clear and practical way to adapt your work to each client while staying grounded in your own orientation.

Developed by Mick Cooper and John McLeod, this approach is now widely used across counselling and psychotherapy. It brings together humanistic values with integrative practice, supporting therapists to work flexibly, collaboratively, and with greater clarity.

At the centre of this approach is a simple but powerful shift: working with clients to understand what they want from therapy, and how best to support them.

**Language Access**

We warmly welcome participants joining in either Japanese or English. The workshop will be presented in English with live Japanese interpretation throughout. Participants will be able to choose whether to listen in Japanese or English, and may contribute in the chat in either language.

**Workshop Format**

This workshop is delivered in two live sessions:

**Part 1: Saturday 14th November (focus: goals)**

8.00 to 11.00 UK time / 17.00 to 20.00 Tokyo time

**Part 2: Saturday 21st November (focus: preferences)**

8.00 to 11.00 UK time / 17.00 to 20.00 Tokyo time

Each session builds on the other, giving you time to reflect between sessions and begin applying the approach in your practice. One live ticket covers both sessions.

**What You Will Learn**

In this workshop, you will:

- Understand the core principles of pluralistic therapy

- Learn how to explore client preferences in a clear and structured way

- Develop skills in shared decision making with clients

- Identify how to integrate different methods into your practice

- Use simple measures to support and review therapeutic work

- Reflect on your own strengths and ways of working

You will leave with practical tools you can use in your next session.

**How the Sessions Will Work**

Across the two sessions, you will cover:

- Introduction to pluralistic therapy: what it is and why it matters

- Guided self reflection on your current practice

- Learning how to assess and respond to client preferences

- Using measures to support therapeutic progress

- Process group to reflect on learning and application

**Who This Workshop Is For**

This workshop is suitable for:

- Counsellors and psychotherapists

- Counselling psychologists

- Trainees and qualified practitioners

- Any mental health professional interested in flexible, client-centred practice

**What Participants Say**

"Mick clearly explained both the philosophy and the practice. I left with greater confidence in my work."

"Inspiring, practical, and very well structured. A great balance of theory and application."

**Recording**

This workshop will be recorded. You can attend live and access the recording to watch at your convenience. The recording of both sessions will be added to the Onlinevents Learning Library after the event.

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