Increase in counsellors and psychotherapists working in NHS, new data reveals News Published 9 May 2025 The figures are ‘encouraging’ but need to be treated with some caution
Contract Assessor Role description for a Contract Assessor at BACP is to ensure that accreditation decisions are fair, consistent, transparent and defensible.
Autism About therapy Autism specialist and our member Lisa McAnish, who is also autistic, discusses autism and explains how counselling can help.
What is art therapy? About therapy Our member Marion Major explains what an art therapist does and what art therapy can help with
Parents – how to manage sibling strife at Christmas News Published 29 Nov 2024 Our members provide tips on managing a wonderful, but stressful, time of year for parents of two or more children
Mental health: failing a generation News Published 9 May 2018 BACP welcomes the Education and Health and Social Care Committees' damning response to the Government's green paper on Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision
Adoption law within the counselling professions in Scotland GPiA 025 Good practice Published 31 Dec 2017 Good Practice in Action legal resource covering working with children and young people. Last reviewed August 2024. PDF download
Safeguarding vulnerable adults within the counselling professions in England and Wales GPiA 030 Good practice Published 9 Jul 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource. Last reviewed February 2026. PDF download
The therapeutic healing power of narratives: an exploration of lived experiences of HIV positive patients that develop comorbid psychiatric disorders in Uganda Research Published 10 May 2022 Updated 15 Apr 2025 Poster presentation by Grace Mbabazi