BACP and KAPC, the Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors, have joined forces to find out more about different and diverse types of therapeutic practice. We want to learn more about how therapeutic modalities meet the needs of diverse clients and communities.

We want to do this to share learning about the ways in which therapy is practiced in the UK and Kenya. We know this matters for accessibility and inclusion. Different and diverse therapies makes it more likely that someone will find an approach that works for them and we'd like to know what some of these look like. 

The aim of this partnership 

The partnership aims to produce and share good practice through the telling of therapeutic stories about people’s experiences and delivery of therapeutic practice told from the perspective of the practitioner, the client, the group or from any other perspective.

For example, providing family therapies, or encouraging and acknowledging spirituality and religious aspects in therapy. How are therapeutic values such as independence, ubuntu (sometimes translated as "I am because we are"), personal insight and boundary-setting, integrated into therapeutic practice?

These will become a published resource available to everyone. 

How can you get involved? 

We’re looking to collate 10 stories from BACP members, and 10 stories from KAPC members.  

We want to use the power of stories to support anyone who needs counselling to access equitable, ethical and effective practice - enabling a more relational and compassionate profession. 

Please get in touch and tell us your story by contacting Elias Gikundi, KAPC’s CEO at egikundi@kapc.or.ke or Aseia Rafique, BACP’s Senior EDI Lead at edi@bacp.co.uk