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Read our members' experiences and your stories of how counselling can help children and young people.

A competence framework to recognise and support the roles of workplace counsellors and enhance professional standards

We’ve joined with other counselling and mental health organisations to issue a joint statement in support of NHS staff for World Mental Health Day

Our accreditation routes recognise the wide variety of training pathways by which our members enter the profession and then continue to develop post-qualification.

Sandra Stein highlights the power of self-awareness and self-acceptance. Offering practical tools for nurturing self-esteem. BACP member blogs

Anxious & absent: How therapists can support the rising numbers of parents dealing with emotionally based school avoidance // Supporting resettled refugees // Growing up with dual heritage // Biphobia and bi-erasure // Diagnosis as a route to care. Therapy Today, June 2025

Members and counselling organisations can help shape future of Welsh mental health and wellbeing services

Almost two thirds (64%) of therapists have seen an increase in clients coming to therapy for support with stress, persistent worrying, and overthinking

For registered members who also hold current membership with ACC, BPC, NCPS or UKCP aligned to column C of the SCoPEd framework.

‘Counselling can provide a context in which to navigate the complexities of ageing’. Therapy Today, April 2024