British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Information about the Association and our work

BACP is the leading professional association for members of the counselling professions in the UK with more than 50,000 members. We work to promote the role and relevance of the counselling professions in improving psychological wellbeing and mental health and to develop safe, ethical and competent practice.

Call to Prime Minister for children to be at the heart of the Covid-19 recovery

We’re among more than 100 organisations to sign the statement to Boris Johnson

30 June 2020

Our call to Chancellor to remove VAT on counsellors’ and psychotherapists’ services

We wrote to Rishi Sunak ahead of the summer statement

7 July 2020

Tackling the mental health consequences of coronavirus

Back our COVID-19 campaign to reaffirm the critical role that counselling and psychotherapy needs to play in supporting the nation through the coronavirus crisis and in helping to repair it afterwards.

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Information about the Association and our work

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Call to Prime Minister for children to be at the heart of the Covid-19 recovery

Our call to Chancellor to remove VAT on counsellors’ and psychotherapists’ services

Tackling the mental health consequences of coronavirus

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