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News from BACP
Welcoming our 60,000th member
We’ll support all 60,000 of you throughout your careers
We're working with Royal Foundation to support emergency workers
New therapists directory is part of a package of mental health measures for blue light workers
‘Positive steps forward’ as NICE consults on updated depression guideline
We’ll be submitting a detailed response to the consultation on updated draft guidelines
Lottery boost helps organisational member to expand support for young people
In Charley's Memory says the funding will help it grow its young people's counselling provision
We welcome further Scottish Government investment in psychological therapies
Scotland’s Mental Wellbeing Minister announces £4 million additional investment in staffing
Concerns over bereavement support for older people
New report highlights inconsistencies in access and support for bereaved older people
Forthcoming events
Responding to NICE’s Depression in Adults guideline consultation and its impact on the profession
Race and culture core competency: Are you ready?
Queering Therapy Spaces and Working with Gender Diverse Clients
From our journals
The big issue: Working behind bars
Open article: Does therapy have a place in addressing the mental health crisis in our prisons? asks Radhika Holmström. Therapy Today, December 2021 / January 2022
A difficult tightrope to walk: Experiences of working with suicidality in higher education
Open article: With increasing concerns about suicide in the student population, research by Dr Sonia Kalsi asks therapists what it’s really like to work with this vulnerable client group in a university setting. University and College Counselling, November 2021
Work, what is it good for?
Open article: Phil Renshaw and Jenny Robinson demonstrate how coaches can help reframe critical leadership issues amplified by the pandemic. Coaching Today, October 2021
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Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
The Ethical Framework sets out the expected ethical principles, values and good practice standards for BACP members. All members commit to complying with the Ethical Framework as part of their terms and conditions of membership.
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