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Have your say
Give your views on the resolutions and motions submitted for our 2018 AGM. Deadline noon 12 October.
Childline figures show rise in calls for peer-on-peer sexual abuse
We share Childline’s concerns over figures which show a 29% increase in children and young people seeking help about child-on-child sexual abuse
The future of mental health provision
Together with the New Statesman, we hosted a roundtable event to discuss the future of mental health within the NHS in England
Working together for suicide prevention
We’re joining with fellow members of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) to raise awareness of World Suicide Prevention Day.
New online CPD hub for members
Subscribe now for access to more than 70 hours of video and audio presentations for your continuing professional development
BACP Research Conference: Call for papers
We’re now inviting abstract submissions for our 2019 Research Conference. Closing date is 2 November 2018.
Forthcoming events
Online webcast: Private Practice conference 2018
Making Connections
Working with coaching: competence and beyond
From our journals
Recovery from trauma not management of behaviour
Free article: We interview Betsy de Thierry – author, trainer, founder of the multisite Trauma Recovery Centre (TRC), and Therapeutic Mentoring Rooms in schools. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2018
Mental health: time for a rethink
Free article: Johnathan Sunley asks if making what troubles us a medical matter could be causing us to lose our minds. Private Practice, September 2018
Where do we go from zero?
Free article: Andrew Reeves urges counsellors to have the courage to talk to clients about suicide. Therapy Today, September 2018
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