What’s the project?
This doctoral research project aims to develop a questionnaire to measure young people’s counselling processes under the guidance of Professor Mick Cooper and Dr. Carla Startin at Roehampton University. The project has received ethics committee approval from the University of Roehampton.
About 30-40 questionnaire items were created, and feedback from professionals working therapeutically with young people has already been received.
In the next stage of the research, the team are requesting young people to try the questionnaire and share their thoughts to assess whether the items are easy to understand and age-appropriate.
The final questionnaire will improve counselling and counselling research for young people in the future.
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Once the team receive your expression of interest to take part, they will arrange an online Microsoft Teams meeting with you at a time that suits you and your parent or carer.
At the beginning of the meeting, the parent/carer will give consent for the young person to participate in the study, followed by the young person’s assent. After expressing interest, the research team will email you the parent and young-person information sheets and the consent form.
You will then complete an online survey of about 30-40 questions related to your counselling experiences whilst saying your thoughts aloud, and the interview will be audio-recorded. This would take about 60-90 minutes.
After the interview, a £20 One4all Multi-Store Gift Card will be emailed to you. The team need about 6-10 young people to participate in the study.
- Must be based in the UK
- Be aged 11 to 18
- Have attended at least four counselling sessions,
- Have a working knowledge of English, i.e., started learning and speaking English before the age of five.
- A parent or carer consent is required at the beginning of the online meeting. For 18-year-olds, no parent/carer consent is required.
Young people will receive a £20 One4all Multi-Store Gift Card via email as a thank-you for their time in the study.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email
Praveen Subramanian at [email protected] with brief answers to the following questions:
- What is your age? (11-18)
- Have you had at least four counselling sessions?
- Do you have a working knowledge of English, i.e., started learning and speaking English before the age of five?
- Is your parent or carer able to give consent for you to take part in the study at the start of the online meeting via Microsoft Teams?
- Suitable Dates/Times for the Microsoft Teams call.
As soon as possible or by 15 January 2026
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.
