We're committed to promoting ethical practice by developing evidence-based training standards and providing resources to support our members' ethical practice.
All BACP members commit to working in accordance with the Ethical Framework as part of their terms and conditions of membership. We continue to develop supplementary resources to help you implement the Ethical Framework into your practice. We also set training standards to ensure practitioners have the right skills and knowledge.
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Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
The Ethical Framework sets out the expected ethical standards for BACP members.
Ethics in practice
Ethics in Practice (EiPs) resources are produced to support you to implement the Ethical Framework into your practice.
Ethics essentials
Ethics essentials are short supportive resources in a range of formats that are intended to help you implement the Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions 2026 into your practice.
Legal resources
Legal resources (LRs) are produced to support you in implementing the Ethical Framework into your practice.
Disclaimer
The resources are created as part of the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. Our resources and their links are reviewed regularly, however links can change at very short notice.