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The Ethical Framework sets out the expected ethical principles, values and good practice standards for BACP members. All members commit to complying with the Ethical Framework as part of their terms and conditions of membership..

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

Reading Joan Didion’s Private Diary: A reflection on ethics, legacy, and literary boundaries. BACP Student blogs.

Open article: Misogyny seems to be named more explicitly than ever before, and fears around Gen Z men and their beliefs are high. Emma Wingate explores what may be underneath this prejudice and how we can work with it in the counselling room. BACP University and College Counselling, November 2025.

Open article: Jeremy Sachs on how social roles and shame drive male suicide. Private Practice, June 2026

Who are the team working to review the Ethical Framework? Therapy Today, November 2023

Have your say on counselling and psychotherapy in the NHS

Guidelines on how to use your designatory letters, logos and certificates (previously members' advertising policy).

Find out how to become a BACP organisational member, and how to renew your organisational membership.

'Practitioners' wellbeing is influenced by multiple factors, and shared responsibility for service and client outcomes'. Regular column from Afra Turner. University and College Counselling, May 2023