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News from BACP
Share your views with the Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy
We’d like to invite you to share your views and contribute to the evidence that will help to inform the Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy final report and recommendations.
Showing up sober: Therapists share how to navigate social situations without alcohol
Our therapists share why the New Year can be a helpful time to reflect on drinking habits, and how to navigate social situations without alcohol.
New rules protecting survivors’ counselling notes come into force
New rules now limit police access to survivors’ counselling notes, strengthening confidentiality and trust in therapy.
‘Great result’ with proposed changes to Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
This follows more than a year of conversations and campaigning
Improved access to therapy support for abuse survivors
This should end the postcode lottery for some people trying to access life-changing counselling
Young Futures Hubs must prioritise professional mental health care
Our response to Government’s new National Youth Strategy
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From our journals
The big issue: Your notes, your rights
Open article: Ellie Broughton investigates why there’s still so much confusion around requests to surrender clients’ notes. Therapy Today, December 2025/January 2026.
In depth: Assisted dying and therapy
Open article: BACP’s Third Sector Lead, Jeremy Bacon, explains some of the implications for counselling and palliative care, and psychotherapist Kamalyn Kaur invites therapists to reflect on the ethical considerations. Thresholds, January 2026.
Time to say ‘goodbye' the grace and grief of endings at work
Open article: We don’t like to talk about endings or goodbyes at work. But executive leadership coaches, Lizzie Bentley Bowers and Alison Lucas and authors of Good Bye: leading change better by attending to endings, think we need to get better at it.
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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.
Ethics hub
Need help with an ethical dilemma? Find information and support or book a consultation with our ethics officers.
Professional conduct
How we uphold high standards of proficiency and ethical practice within the counselling professions.