Notes and record keeping News Published 20 Mar 2026 Sarah Millward explores what therapists are required to record, your rights to access therapy notes, and what happens if notes are destroyed or not kept. BACP Get help with counselling concerns blog
Five years after lockdown News Published 7 Mar 2025 Anne explores Life after lockdown: How Ireland’s cocooners adjusted to a post-pandemic world. BACP Member blogs.
In what ways does a counsellor’s biracial identity influence their ability to build rapport with clients? Research Published 10 Sep 2026 Updated 10 Sep 2026 Research by Nicole Forwell
Therapy Today, February 2023 Journals Published 24 Jan 2023 Time to flex? Thinking beyond the weekly 50-minute therapy session... plus What we can learn from resilient clients... How to talk about sex in the therapy room... Do we have to change supervisor?.. Pete Sanders on resisting medicalisation
Promoting research Research Published 31 Jul 2017 Updated 28 Sep 2026 Research is important for clients, for practitioners and politically to continue to demonstrate that counselling changes lives.
The big issue: Rude awakenings Good practice Published 21 Oct 2025 Open article: Alix Fox explores perceived problematic pornography use: the issues, the arguments and how to respond. Therapy Today, November 2025.
Adoption law within the counselling professions in Scotland GPiA 025 Good practice Published 31 Dec 2017 Good Practice in Action legal resource covering working with children and young people. Last reviewed September 2025. PDF download
Why hasn't a therapist replied to my enquiry? News Published 26 Jun 2026 Sarah Millward explains why when therapists don’t respond and what you can do next. BACP Get help with counselling concerns blog
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From the frontline: Living in hard times Journals Published 25 Apr 2023 'An open-mindedness can lead to breakthroughs in the therapeutic space’. Regular column from Dawn Estefan. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023