Mick Cooper Professor of Counselling, University of Strathclyde
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School-based counselling for young people in the
UK:What we know, how it fits with a contemporary NHS agenda, and
new developments Mick Cooper
Professor of Counselling, University of StrathclydeNational Advisor for Counselling for CYP IAPT
Thanks to the many people whose research and feedback contributed to this paper, including Rachel Argent, Sal Bennett, Jeremy Clarke, Helen Cruthers, CORC, Karen Cromarty, Peter Fonagy, Terry Hanley, Andy Hill, Matthew Hopkinson, Mike Hough, Peter Jenkins, Sylvia Jones, Raph Kelvin, Suky Khele, Ruth Levesley, Rosemary Lynass, Adam McAdam, Katie McArthur, Liz McDonnell, Polly Morrison, Jamie Murdoch, Susan McGinnis, Susan Pattison, Anne O'Herlihy, Kathryn Pugh, Jo Pybis, Paul Revell, Nancy Rowland, Anne Spence, Sheila Spong, Sheila Shribman, Karen Turner, Nick Turner, Ralph Weedon.
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The emergence of school-based counselling for young people in the
UK
1960 1970 1980 20001990 2010
Source: Baginsky, 2004; BACP 2012
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Not always clear where
school-based counselling
‘fits’
Or the nature of the service
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Aims of talk• Briefing on emerging picture
of counselling in UK secondary schools… and recent developments
• Look at what we can do to make it part of integrated system of mental health care for young people in the UK
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What do we
currently know?
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Service provision
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Widely disseminated
• One of most common provisions for mental health problems in young people
Source: BACP 2012; Hill, 2011; estimated figures
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Wales: All schools since 2008
NI: All schools since 2007
Scotland: 64-80% (approx.)
England: 61-85% (approx.)
Dissemination of school-based counselling in UK secondary schools
Source: BACP 2012; estimated data for England and Scotland
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Estimated cases per year
• Approximately 70,000-90,000 in UK
• Approximately 50,000-70,000 in England
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Cases in England (per year)
CAMHS (79,966, 10-18 year olds, 2008-9)
Source: DUMU, Cooper, 2004, 2006; BACP, 2012; CAMHS = multi/single disciplinary generic, targeted, dedicated worker in non-CAMHS team, & Tier 4
School-based counselling (approx.
60,000)
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Service delivery in UK
• Primarily humanistic, or integrative, practice
• Emphasis on mental wellbeing
• Generally one-to-one (rather than group or family)
Source: Cooper, 2009; Hill, 2011
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Referral routesSchool staffSelfParents/carers
Source: Cooper, 2009; Hill, 2011, estimates from approximately 20,000 young people
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Reported waiting times: relatively
brief
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1 week 1 month
50%
35% 15%
Source: BACP, 2012; Hill, 2011; approximate data, as reported by school staff and local authority leads
Reported waiting times: relatively
brief
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Service
users
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Psychological difficulties at assessment (SDQ)
(counselling)
‘Abnormal’
‘Borderline’
‘Normal’
Source: Cooper, 2009, from 611 young people
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School-based counselling: UK
School-based counselling:
Wales
CAMHS0
5
10
15
20
25
16.8718.14 18.1
Average levels of difficulties
SDQ
Tota
l Diffi
culti
es m
ean
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Presenting/developing issues
Family
issue
sAng
er
Behavi
our
Bereave
ment
Bullying
Self-c
onfid
ence
05
101520253035
Perc
enta
ge
Source: Cooper, 2009; Hill, 2011; approximate data from over 20,000 cases
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BME under-represented
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
Counselling clientsAll Wales
Source: Hill, 2011; data from 11,043 cases
Perc
enta
ge
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Effectiveness
Effectiveness
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NICE concordan
t‘Non-directive supportive therapy’ is recommended for mild depression
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‘School-based humanistic
counselling’ • Distillation of UK practice• Based on humanistic
competences • Three small scale RCTs
comparing against waitlist • Intervention brings about
significant reductions in distress and achievement of goals (effect size = 0.58)
Source: Cooper, 2010; McArthur, 2012; Murdoch, 2012; effect size of 0.2 = ‘small’, 0.5 =
‘medium’, 0.8 = ‘large’
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Psychological distressLe
ss d
istre
ss
Significant improvements for counselling over WLN = 30 (couns), 31 (WL)Effect Size = 0.59
Source: McArthur, 2012; Murdoch, 2012
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Personal goals
Less distress
Significant improvements for counselling over WLN = 18 (couns), 24 (WL)Effect Size = 0.97
Source: McArthur, 2012; Murdoch, 2012
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Self-esteem (SEQ)
12 weeks (sig. diff.)N = 30 (SBHC), 31 (WL)p = .03ES = 0.46
6 weeks (NS)N = 29 (SBHC), 30 (WL)p = .28ES = 0.23
Less distress
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Change from pre- to post-counselling
Large mean ‘effect size’ (range 0.81 – 1.09)
Counselling consistently associated with significant reductions in psychological distress from beginning
to endWelsh Strategy evaluation
Source: Hill, 2011; Cooper, 2009; data from
5,575 cases
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Comparison against CAMHS, as recorded in the CORC dataset for clients receiving a psychological
intervention
T1 (baseline) T210
15
20
School-based counselling (UK-wide). ES = 0.56
School-based counselling (Wales). ES = 0.68
Less
dist
ress
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T1 (baseline) T210
15
20
School-based counselling (UK-wide). ES = 0.56
School-based counselling (Wales). ES = 0.68Le
ss d
istre
ss
Comparison against CAMHS, as recorded in the CORC dataset for clients receiving a psychological
intervention
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Anya: Change in levels of psychological distress (YP-
CORE)
s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 s90
5
10
15
20
25
30
Less
dist
ress
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Follow-up data: YP-COREst
artp
oint
mid
poin
t
endp
oint
6 m
onth
s5
10
15
20
25counselling
n = 17
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Follow-up data: YP-COREst
artp
oint
mid
poin
t
endp
oint
6 m
onth
s5
10
15
20
25counselling
n = 17
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Case controlled data: YP-CORE
12 w
eeks
pre
6 we
eks
pre
star
tpoi
nt
mid
poin
t
endp
oint
6 m
onth
s5
10
15
20
25 counselling
n = 11 (n = 5 at 6 months)
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What’s working
well?
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How does school-based counselling measure up to
a contemporary young person-centred mental
health agenda?• Service user
choice/empowerment• Equality of access to
treatments and outcomes• De-stigmatisation of mental
health difficulties• Evidence-based therapies• Early intervention
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Equity of access: A support for young people with no-one to
talk to
School students (≈1000)
An emotional concern (≈600)
…that they’d talk to
someone about (≈300)
No-one to talk to (≈60)
Sour
ce: C
oope
r, 20
10;
Fam
ily k
ids,
2012
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Capacity to act as
early interventio
n
Short waiting times
Convenient
locationBroad intake criteria
Accessibility
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• ‘Counselling’ carries some stigmatisation, but seems to be relatively acceptable
(Relatively) lower stigma
Source: Cooper, 2009; Hill, 2011; Family kids, 2012
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And what needs
working on?
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• Encouraging school-based counsellors to think, and practice, in evidence-informed ways
• Developing our understanding of what works, and why, and for whom, so that we can…
• Develop more effective practices
Using research to inform practice
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How might school-based counselling help to bring about
individual change?
A prel
iminar
y
model
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Life difficulties: e.g.,family break-up, being bullied
Psychological distress
isolation
confusion
worrying
shame
Talking problems
through
understanding
warmth
challenge
Time to talk
advice
reassuranceconnection
getting things off chest
self-acceptance
clarity
finding solutions
confidentiality
ruminating
learning to open out
Source: Cooper, 2009; Hill, 2011; Lynass, 2012;
McArthur, 2012
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Life difficulties: e.g.,family break-up, being bullied
Psychological distress
isolation
confusion
worrying
shame
Talking problems
through
understanding
warmth
challenge
Time to talk
advice
reassuranceconnection
getting things off chest
self-acceptance
clarity
finding solutions
confidentiality
ruminating
learning to open up
Source: Cooper, 2009; Hill, 2011; Lynass, 2012;
McArthur, 2012
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Systematic monitoring
• Incorporation of systematic feedback on outcomes and process of therapy
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Increasing user involvement and engagement
• Consulting with young people on design and development of services
• Facilitating self-referrals
• Encouraging greater involvement from BME young people
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Increasing choice• Continue to expand
range of services beyond one-to-one therapy: e.g., exam anxiety groups, counselling for teachers
• Link in to more universal and targeted provisions
• Offer a range of therapeutic styles
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Improving integration of care
across agencies• Relationships between
counselling and CAMHS generally described as good, with regular cross-referrals
• But limited agreed protocols
• Some counsellors indicate problems: ‘I have nothing to do with referrals to CAMHS’ Source: Cromarty, 2009; Hill,
2011
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Improving integration of care
across agencies• Allied professionals
sometimes get frustrated by lack of information from counsellors
• Unique opportunity for more joined up thinking and integrated pathways of care Source: Cooper, 2006; Cooper, 2009; Hill,
2011
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What’s being
developed now?
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Competency framework
• BACP working on development of competency framework for youth counsellors
• Adopts ‘Roth and Pilling’ methodology: extracting competencies from evidence-based interventions
• Drawing on CAMHS and Humanistic Competences Frameworks
• Due for completion early 2013
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In develop
ment
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CYP IAPT
CYP IAPT• Bringing counselling together
with wider CAMHS into a single initiative
• In particular…
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‘School and youth counsellors and supervisors working in primary,
secondary, FE/HEI settings and the independent sector in evidence based interventions and outcome monitoring’
Development of e-learning resources
for…
• Part of DH CYP-MindEd programme• Training for counsellors in evidence-
based competences• Modules will be shared across
professions: opportunities for integration
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Accreditation• Competences and e-
learning modules can support establishment of BACP/CYP IAPT accreditation for counsellors working with children and young people
• Ensure that practitioners have the necessary skills and knowledge
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Final thought
s
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Current developments offer
a unique opportunity to
create an integrated,
comprehensive system of care for our children and
young people
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school nursingCAMHS
school staffCounselling
Health Education
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…Something we can all contribute to
• Communicating and collaborating across services
• Working together to develop common pathways, protocols and systems of care
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‘Take home’ point 1
• School-based counselling is now a key feature of the mental health and emotional wellbeing landscape for young people
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‘Take home’ point 2
• It’s particular strengths are that it offers an easily accessible service, and helps to ensure that all young people have a skilled and independent adult to talk to
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‘Take home’ point 3
• If we can continue to develop it, and articulate it with other services, it can become part of a seamless, comprehensive mental health system for young people in the UK
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Thank you
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Sources• BACP (2012) A scoping review of the access to secondary school counselling, BACP internal
document: Lutterworth.• Baginsky, W. (2004), School counselling in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: A review,
NSPCC: London.• Cooper, M. (2009), Counselling in UK secondary schools: A comprehensive review of audit
and evaluation studies Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, • Cromarty, K. and K. Richards (2009), How do secondary school counsellors work with other
professionals? Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 9(3): p. 182-186.• Cooper, M., et al., (2010) Randomised controlled trial of school-based humanistic
counselling for emotional distress in young people: Feasibility study and preliminary indications of efficacy. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 4(1): p. 1-12.
• Family Kids and Youth (2012), Understanding the needs and wishes of young people who require information about therapy: A report of qualitative and quantitative research carried out on behalf of BACP, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Lutterworth.
• Lynass, R., Pykhtina, O., & Cooper, M. (2012). A thematic analysis of young people’s experience of counselling in five secondary schools across the UK. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 12(1), 53-62.
• McArthur, K., M. Cooper, and L. Berdondini (2012), School-based humanistic counseling for psychological distress in young people: Pilot randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy Research.
• Murdoch, J., et al. (2012) Pilot randomised controlled trial of a Relate school-based counselling service: preliminary findings, in British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, Edinburgh.
• Roth, A., A. Hill, and S. Pilling (2009), The competences required to deliver effective Humanistic Psychological Therapies , University College London: London.