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Training teachers to spot young people’s mental health issues will only ‘scratch at the surface’
BACP responds to the Prime Minister’s new mental health plan
Counselling helped me get back on track after my premature twins were born
Kerry explains how seeing a counsellor made her more positive and showed her ways to cope with her feelings
'I felt myself, bit by bit, starting to cope'
Stuart Arfield is encouraging people to see a counsellor about their mental health after being helped through his depression by Sheffield Mind
Three quarters of people believe schools should offer counselling
School counselling can be a vital early intervention, says BACP's Jo Holmes
BACP launches a review of its accreditation schemes
We’ve been following the accreditation debate and want to respond to the challenges you’ve set us.
NHS therapists survey findings strengthen calls for change to under-pressure system
Nearly 2,000 BACP members took part in our research about their experiences of working in the NHS
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Working with mental health in the workplace: developing and enhancing your portfolio
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Working with identity in times of transition using a coaching approach
From our journals
Who says men can’t cope with emotions?
Free article: Explore your male clients’ coping strategies – they may be the key to engagement, says Jason Spendelow. Therapy Today, June 2019
Wake-up call
Free article: Roughly halfway through a counselling life, a re-evaluation occurs, as the well-established practitioner recognises the professional plateau they currently occupy, writes Wyn Bramley. Private Practice, June 2019
Weapons of mass distraction: addictive design, wellbeing and human rights
Free article: The final instalment of Sarah Haywood’s four-part series, focusing on children and young people’s digital worlds. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2019
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The Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions came into effect on 1 July 2018. All members commit to complying with the Ethical Framework as part of their terms and conditions of membership.
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