Research
Please find below some research and publications that Metanoia and Here4You have either led, or contributed to, relating to schools-based counselling:
January 2025. Therapist Interpersonal Skills and Outcomes for Young People. Psychotherapy Research, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2457398 Cooper, M., Saxon, D., Duncan, C., Scruggs, R., Barkham, M., Bower, P., Cromarty, K., Pearce, P., & Stafford, M. R
January 2025. Humanistic Therapy for Young People: Client-Perceived Helpful Aspects, Hindering Aspects, and Processes of Change. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Cooper, M., Smith, S., Sumner, A. L., Eilenberg, J., Childs-Fegredo, J., Kelly, S., Subramanian, P., Holmes, J., Barkham, M., Bower, P., Cromarty, K., Duncan, C., Hughes, S., Pearce, P., Rameswari, T., Ryan, G., Saxon, D., & Stafford, M. R. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02955-3
2nd May 2024 How Do We Know Whether Treatment Has Failed? Paradoxical Outcomes in Counseling with Young People? Paradoxical Outcomes in Young People Frontiers in Psychology, Psychology for Clinical Settings McLeod, J., Stänicke, E., Oddli, H. W., Smith, S., Pearce P., and Cooper M. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1390579/abstract
15 Mar 2024 Helpful and unhelpful factors in school-based counselling and pastoral care as usual: analysis of qualitative data from the experience of service questionnaire, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties. Raynham, H., Cooper, M., Hayes, J., Rae J. & Pearce, P. , DOI: 10.1080/13632752.2023.2276022
Cooper, M., R Stafford, M., Saxon, D., Beecham, J., Bonin, E., Barkham, M., Bower, P., Cromarty, K., Duncan, C., Pearce, P., Rameswari, T., Ryan, G. (2021) Humanistic counselling plus pastoral care as usual versus pastoral care as usual for the treatment of psychological distress in adolescents in UK state schools (ETHOS): a randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Child and Adolescent Mental Health Volume 5, Issue 3, P178-189, March 01, 2021
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30363-1/fulltext
Rose Stafford, M., Cooper, M., Barkham, M., Beecham, J., Bower, P., Cromarty, K., Fugard, A., Jackson, C., Pearce, P., Ryder, R. & Street, C. (2018). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of humanistic counselling in schools for young people with emotional distress (ETHOS): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 19 (1). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323671419_Effectiveness_and_cost-effectiveness_of_humanistic_counselling_in_schools_for_young_people_with_emotional_distress_ETHOS_Study_protocol_for_a_randomised_controlled_trial
Pearce, P., Sewell, R. & Cromarty, K. (2018) School and education settings. In: Pattison, S., Robson, M. and Beynon, A. (eds.) Handbook of counselling children and young people. (Second Edition) London: BACP and Sage Publications
Pearce, P., Sewell, R. & Proud, G. (2018) Groupwork. In: Pattison, S., Robson, M. and Beynon, A. (eds.) Handbook of counselling children and young people (Second Edition) London: BACP and Sage Publications
Beecham, J. & Pearce, P. (2018) Cost-effectiveness of school-based humanistic counselling for psychological distress in young people: pilot randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 47:4, 460-471, DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2018.1552777https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03069885.2018.1552777
Pearce, P., Sewell, R., Cooper, M., Osman, S., Fugard, J. B. & Pybis, J., (2017) Effectiveness of school-based humanistic counselling for psychological distress in young people. Psychology and Psychotherapy, Theory, Research and Practice https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Pearce2
Pearce, P. Person-Centered Counseling (2015) Sage Video http://sk.sagepub.com/video/peter-pearce-discusses-person-centered-counseling
Cooper, M., Fugard, A., J. B., Pybis, J., McArthur, K. & Pearce, P. (2015) Estimating effectiveness of school-based counselling: Using data from controlled trials to predict improvement over non-intervention change. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 15(4), pp 262-273 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/capr.12017/full
Pearce, P., Sewell, R. & Cromarty, K. (2014) School and education settings. In: Pattison, S., Robson, M. and Beynon, A. (eds.) Handbook of counselling children and young people. London: BACP and Sage Publications, pp 415-426
Pearce, P., Sewell, R. & Proud, G. (2014) Groupwork. In: Pattison, S., Robson, M. and Beynon, A. (eds.) Handbook of counselling children and young people London: BACP and Sage Publications, pp 212-228
Pearce, P. (2014) Forty Years on from Rogers' APA Address, ‘Some New Challenges for the Helping Professions’. Self & Society, 41(2), pp 38-44 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Pearce2
Pearce, P. & Sommerbeck, L. eds. (2014) Person-Centred Practice at the Difficult Edge. Ross-on-Wye, England: PCCS Books. http://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/diffult-edge/#.U_YfgvldWL0
Pearce, P. & Sewell, R. (2014) 'Tenuous contact': New theory about adolescent process. In: Pearce, P., Sommerbeck, L., Pearce, P. and Sommerbeck, L. (eds.) Person-centred practice at the difficult edge. Ross-on-Wye, England: PCCS Books.
Pearce, P. & Sewell, R. (2014) Tenuous contact. Therapy Today, 25(6), pp 28-30 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Pearce2
A review of Person-centered and experiential therapies work: A review of the research on counselling, psychotherapy and related practices, edited by M. Cooper, J.C. Watson and D. Hölldampf, Ross-on-Wye, PCCS Books, 2010, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 201, 1- 4 iFirst Article Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03069885.2011.611406
2011 (with Dr. Stephen Goss)
Pearce, P. & Sewell, R. Chapter on Working in Schools in Next Steps in Counselling Practice (2nd Edition) A students companion for Degree, HE Diplomas and vocational courses. Edited by Pete Sanders, Alan Frankland and Paul Wilkins PCCS Books
http://www.pccs-books.co.uk/section.php?xSec=16&xPage=1
July 2009