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Latest news
Dealing with loneliness at Christmas
BACP counsellors discuss loneliness at Christmas and how to cope with it
An empty place at the Christmas dinner table: Coping with grief this festive season
BACP member Susan Carr told us what advice she gives ahead of Christmas to people who have lost loved ones.
Sexual assault victims waiting up to 14 months for counselling, MPs warn
MPs fear specialist support services for victims are at ‘crisis point’
5 tips to avoid stress at Christmas
BACP counsellor Natasha Page has some advice on how you can have a stress-free festive season
Top rugby ref encourages people to talk about their mental health
Nigel Owens says men need to be encouraged to discuss their mental health
Gary Barlow urges men to be more open about grief
Take That singer Gary has spoken about how he was affected after his daughter Poppy was stillborn.
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2019 Student Event - Bridging the gap
BACP Children, Young People & Families Conference
Research Conference 2019 - Belfast
From our journals
Stranger on the bridge
When a stranger talked him out of taking his own life, Jonny Benjamin found a new path in life through talking publicly about living with mental illness. Private Practice, December 2018
Providing for ‘dolphins’
Free article: Jenny Edwards has coordinated the provision of a children’s counselling service where she can listen to the voice of the sexually abused child. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2018
‘We are here, but we are still in the war’
Free article: Jude Boyles works with resettled Syrian refugees seeking to rebuild their lives in the UK. Therapy Today, December 2018
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