What’s the project?
The purpose of the study is to co-develop with young people and therapists a new form that will enable young people to share their preferences for therapy with their therapist. Young people will be given this form to fill in as part of their therapy. This will help the therapist understand how the young person would like their therapy to be, including their preferences around activities they want to do or the therapist’s style of working. We hope the form will be used by therapists working with young people in any type of therapy (e.g. person-centred, psychodynamic, CBT etc.), and across contexts and services (e.g. NHS, schools, third sector, private sector, and public sector). This will support young people to have more of a say in shaping their therapy and sharing decisions with their therapist.
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So far in this study we’ve co-developed a series of questions that could potentially be included in the form. We’re now looking for as many young people as possible, as experts, to rate each of these questions to help decide what the best (most suitable) questions are. This is an essential step in developing the form.
This rating exercise will be done in one online survey and will take around 40 to 60 minutes to do.
- Must be based in the UK
- Aged 11-18 years old
There will be a prize draw of 3 x £20 Amazon vouchers for all young people completing the survey (you can either opt-in or opt-out of this draw at the end of the survey).
If you would like any support after completing the survey, you can get in touch with Mick (who leads the research team) at [email protected]. Or to speak to somebody not involved in this research, please get in touch with Yannis (Dean of the School of Psychology at Roehampton University) at [email protected].
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Rachel (a researcher) at [email protected] with brief answers to the following questions:
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Are you based in the UK?
- How did you hear about this opportunity?
Rachel will be able to answer any questions you have or email you the link to fill in the survey.
If you need any help completing your expression of interest, please also contact [email protected].
Please email Rachel at [email protected] by 1pm on Wednesday 30th April 2025 to get the survey link. The survey needs to be completed by 9am on Tuesday 6th May 2025.
Please note that the McPin Foundation regularly promotes opportunities on behalf of other institutions; we are not responsible for the continuation or contents of further correspondence with any project partners where we are not listed as the project main point of contact.
