Max Cooper
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Entry: 2025
Program: Counselling and Clinical Psychology
Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
Contact info
Email: max.cooper@mail.utoronto.ca
Biography
Max Cooper is a PhD student researching psychotherapy common factors, process, and outcome, devoted to better understanding what makes therapy (and therapists) most effective. He is also involved in autism and neurodiversity research; his MA thesis was the largest study to date addressing the lived experiences of autistic psychotherapists.
Degrees
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Master of Arts, Counselling & Clinical PsychologyOISE, University of Toronto
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Bachelor of Arts, PsychologyYork University
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Master of Arts, PhilosophyUniversity of Ottawa
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Bachelor of Arts, PhilosophyUniversity of Ottawa
Research Interests
- Psychotherapy Process & Outcomes
- Therapist Effects
- Empathy
- Autism
- Neurodivergence
- Cognitive Science
