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Open article: For those thinking about starting out in private practice, Rick Hughes reflects on the process he went through to evolve his counselling career. Private Practice, March 2025.

Authors' guidelines: writing for BACP blogs

'Our clients usually come to us because they want something to change. It might be their outlook, their responses or their self-perception’ Regular column from Judy Stafford. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Therapy in the age of scepticism, misinformation and conspiracy theories // When therapists get depressed // Is consulting AI about a client unethical? // Becoming more disability aware // The latest evidence on therapy.  Therapy Today, March 2026.

We support mental health charities' research based call for urgent Government action on children and young people’s mental health services

Open article: Ellie Broughton investigates why there’s still so much confusion around requests to surrender clients’ notes. Therapy Today, December 2025/January 2026.

Answers to members' common enquiries about the BACP Register audit

We’ve responded to latest NHS data on mental health

Open article: ‘Group therapy taught me how to trust myself and others’. Therapy Today, September 2025.

How we uphold high standards of proficiency and ethical practice within the counselling professions.