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A framework and curriculum to support training and practice in online and phone therapy (formerly telephone and e-counselling competences and curricula)

The Department of Health in Northern Ireland launches its strategic plan to improve services

Open article: People with an acquired brain injury are often cared for at home. But family members also need support to process the potentially life-changing experience, write Dr Freddie Byrne and Angelina Hassan. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2025.

Good Practice in Action clinical reflections for practice resource on diversity. Last reviewed February 2024. PDF download

Good Practice in Action clinical reflections for practice resource. Last reviewed February 2023. PDF download

David Cook states the case that it is in young clients’ best interests not to perceive school counsellors as wise and powerful people with specialist knowledge. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

'Each student has a complex individual connection to the training'. Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

'For some young people (and adults), a fear of the unknown, of not being in control and not being able to test out new situations, means they struggle with transitions'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

'What I have found myself reflecting on recently is how supervisors, used to working with counsellors, can best adapt our skills to support those who fall outside of our usual services'. Regular column from Elizabeth Holt. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

Jennifer Pitt reflects on how education and counselling can sit comfortably together in an emotionally healthy secondary school. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023