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Some people feel such a strong compulsion to help others that they are unable to acknowledge their own needs. Jess Baker and Rod Vincent call it super-helper syndrome – and therapists are particularly prone. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023

Freud was flawed but he continues to influence thinking in almost every area of human endeavour, says Frank Tallis. Therapy Today, May 2024

Cultivating hope. ‘How do we support our clients when all hope seems lost?’ Plus... Power, responsibility and freedom of speech // Ethical maturity in mental health coaching // Safety, risk and relational dynamics a client perspective. Coaching Today, July 2026

Caroline Georgiou replies to questions about his work and what inspires her. Thresholds online, April 2024

Mental health services vital role in helping people into work recognised, at our Labour Party conference event

Pj Sangalang explores bridging humanistic therapy and motivational interviewing: reconciling philosophical and process-based approaches. BACP Member blogs.

To practice safely and ethically with culturally, ethnically, racially or faith-distant clients, we need to understand our own identity and how this relates to our clients, writes Myira Khan. Private Practice, June 2023

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

Alistair Ross writes about what mountaineering has taught him. Thresholds, April 2023