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Journey to the core: nurturing connection and empathy in the counselling space. BACP member blogs

BACP accreditation is the mark of a high quality, professional practitioner training course. It guarantees a standard of training accepted for BACP membership, registration and accreditation. Our course accreditation scheme is temporarily closed and we’re not accepting any new applications at this time.

'I caught a glimpse of what an intrinsically rewarding career might look like and I resolved to find out what might be involved in training to be a therapist.' University and College Counselling, March 2023

News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, February 2024

News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, March 2024

The MOU (Memorandum of understanding) is a joint document signed by over 25 health, counselling and psychotherapy organsations which aims to end the practice of conversion therapy in the UK. PDF download

'Once upon a time, there was a blue tufted duck. It arrived in a pond called ‘Universitee’ and mostly inhabited a small pond called ‘UCS’ which meant ‘uncanny carefree souls’, or so it thought.' University and College Counselling, March 2024

What are the issues that you are facing in your client work? Q&A is your chance to ask for advice about your workplace concerns and dilemmas. BACP Workplace, April 2024

Featuring 'People Not Pathology: freeing therapy from the medical model', Pete Sanders and Janet Tolan (eds); 'Madness at the Movies: understanding mental illness through film', James Charmey(Johns Hopkins University Press); 'The Mystery of Emotions: seeking a theory of what we feel', RD Hinshelwood (Phoenix); 'Music Psychotherapy and Anxiety: social, community and clinical contexts', Rebecca Zarate(Jessica Kingsley Publishers); 'Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research', Sofie Bager-Charleson and Alistair McBeath; 'Man Kind: tools for mental health, well-being, and modernizing masculinity', Zachary Gerdes. Therapy Today, November 2023

Open article: News and resources from the BACP research team. Therapy Today, September 2023