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Sarah Millward explores how therapists handle confidentiality for children and young people in counselling. Guidance for parents on consent, data rights, and therapist communication. BACP Get help with counselling concerns blog

How we safeguard clients and raise public confidence in the counselling professions

Videos, FAQs and resources to support members in working with this section of the Ethical Framework

We support joint call to ensure child sexual abuse survivors get guaranteed therapy support

Therapists must be wary of pressing their point of view about what’s going on in someone’s life in ways that could be experienced… as overbearing…' Regular column by Sarah Van Gogh. Private Practice, June 2023

Our collaborative research grants support early career researchers with grants of up to £50,000 per project to last no longer than 24 months.

Good Practice in Action legal resource on confidentiality. Last reviewed September 2025. PDF download

Our campaign led to council support for counselling funding in 10 local secondary schools

Open article: ‘Therapy helped me finally see myself differently’. Therapy Today, November 2025.

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