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Open article: How should we respond to changing client expectations about therapy? Sally Brown investigates. Therapy Today, February 2026.

Open article: Therapy has a crucial part to play in empowering the ageing population and fighting cultural stereotypes and discrimination, says Helen Kewell. Therapy Today, April 2024

Does old age have to be an awful period of exclusion or could it be a time for knowing what really matters? asks Jeff Weston. Private Practice, March 2024.

Open article: Beyond the lazy stereotypes that young people are work-shy and entitled, what can the therapy profession and employers learn from the Youth Voice Census 2025 about their attitudes to life and work? Quite a lot, argues Lauren Mistry, the Deputy CEO of Youth Employment UK. She shares her insights. BACP Workplace, October 2025.

Open article: Jack Lynch from LGBT+ educational resource provider Pop‘n’Olly asks: Why does LGBT bullying happen and what can we do to make our counselling spaces safe, LGBT+ inclusive environments? BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2024.

Open article: Psychotherapist, coach, supervisor and former Chair of BACP Coaching, Lucy Myers, outlines the history and current practice of therapeutically informed coaching, and offers guidance for dual-trained practitioners. Coaching Today, October 2024

Open article: Paul Demetriou explores the challenges, strengths and talents of neurodivergent counsellors. Private Practice, September 2024.

Open article: Jeanine Connor explores what role therapists have in helping young clients navigate the online world. Therapy Today, September 2026.

Open article: Donna Taylor knows what it’s like to suffer a mental breakdown and spend time in a psychiatric hospital. She talks to the journal about her experience. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2025.