Our response to autumn budget News Published 27 Nov 2025 More Neighbourhood Health Centres are welcome but omission of targeted mental health measures is concerning
Experience: In pursuit of belonging Journals Published 23 May 2025 Open article: Denise Devenish describes how confronting her mixed heritage shifted her approach to cultural competence as a person-centred therapist. Therapy Today, June 2025.
Does Mismatching Matter? A Study Investigating the Impact of Therapist-Client Personality Similarity on the Therapeutic Alliance Research Published 2 Jul 2026 Updated 3 Jul 2026 Research by Helen Wall
Wrapping up 2025: highlights from our final Board meeting News Published 19 Dec 2025 Season's greetings from all of us at BACP!
No one size fits all News Published 5 Jan 2021 Pete English discusses the important role of school counsellors for children's mental health
Mind the gap: addressing the inequality in women’s healthcare Good practice Published 28 Apr 2025 Claudia explores why women are still misunderstood in modern healthcare. BACP Member blogs.
Governance of the BACP Register The functions of the BACP Register are supported by our Public Protection Committee, which holds delegated responsibility for developing our public protection strategy.
Raising professional standards We're committed to protecting the public by developing high quality, evidence-based standards of ethical practice for the counselling professions.
Scottish Budget brings mixed blessings News Published 6 Dec 2024 Our thoughts following the announcement of the Scottish Government's draft budget for 2025-26