Press office
Information and advice for journalists and members

As the UK's leading professional body for the counselling professions, we're committed to educating the public about the practice and benefits of counselling, and to raising the profile of our members in the media. We know that counselling changes lives and work with the media to ensure that it is represented in a realistic, sensitive and ethical way.

For media enquiries, please call 07766 700417 or email media@bacp.co.uk

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Journalist resources

If you're a journalist or programme maker, we can help with information, statistics and expert views about the profession and public attitudes towards mental health and counselling. We also have a bank of spokespeople with a wide range of specialisms within the fields of counselling and psychotherapy. So if you want to ask questions about a particular subject, we're likely to be able to find someone to suit.

Member resources

If you're a BACP member, find out how we can advise and support you in your media work. Or you may want to help us promote the benefits of counselling by becoming a media spokesperson.

Latest news from BACP

Read the latest news and press releases from BACP.

Our members in the media

A round-up of where our members have shared their expertise with the media and talked about counselling and its benefits

BBC Radio 4 highlights how to find a qualified, registered therapist

Our Deputy Chief Executive Fiona Ballantine Dykes was on the You and Yours programme

21 January 2022

Our Public Perceptions Survey results in the media

Our research highlights the mental health impact of the pandemic

26 May 2022