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Students taking part in a landmark project which fully funds postgraduate psychotherapeutic training within NHS services have now started their third and final year.

Higher education support landscape: a comprehensive review of mental health provision in universities and college. University and College Counselling, November 2023

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Face your fear. Plus... On the frontline: Trauma-informed treatment for burnout in the NHS... Ghost stories: Exploring the impact of past relationships on family carers... Cancer diagnosis: How acceptance and commitment therapy supports patients.

Roots exposed: Disentangling mental health and suicide in higher education settings. Plus... Distinctions and visibilities: Labelling mental health... Mental Health Charter: Association of Colleges... Eating disorders: Guidance from Beat

Making mental health maps: Student counselling on the other side of the world... Bereavement in young adulthood: Working with grief... Registration and regulation: Towards robust governance. University and College Counselling, September 2026.

‘This is the time for us to stand together and embrace the challenges and opportunities in the years ahead.’ Therapy Today, February 2023

Open article: Therapists have always valued relationships, but are we really taking them seriously enough in practice? asks James Costello. Therapy Today, March 2026.

Student mental health problems have almost tripled, study finds: around one in six undergraduates now report experiencing mental health challenges. University and College Counselling, March 2024