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Anxiety is the appropriate response to any relationship tension, given that relationships are so fundamental to our survival, writes Jenny Collard. Private Practice, December 2023

Neuroscientific research can help us to understand the therapeutic effects of music, as Leigh Riby explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Where lunatics (still) prosper: Honest and curious // Hiding and being found // Difficult parent or traumatised parent? // Why therapy is political...

Chris Athanasiadis makes the case for a greater role for psychodynamic psychotherapy in the NHS. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2016

Open article: In comparison to postnatal depression, postnatal anxiety (PNA) is under-recognised, with a recent study revealing it’s an unfamiliar concept among professionals involved in maternal care. Regular column from Dr Claire Oakeley. Private Practice, December 2023

Details of the research projects being undertaken by recipients of the BACP PhD studentships

Featuring 'Mothering Alone', M K O’Neil; 'Learning from Action', ed RD Hinshelwood and L Mingarelli; 'Counselling Partners and Relatives of Individuals Who Have Sexually Offended', A Smith; 'Saving Freud', A Nagorski; 'Outsight', The Midlands Psychology Group and 'Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action', A Reeves and T Bond. Therapy Today, March 2023

Open article: Ellie Broughton asks whether a borderline personality disorder diagnosis prevents clients and especially women from getting the help they really need. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.

Samantha Johnson examines the power of the transitional object as she reflects on her supervisor’s grief, and on grieving for her supervisor. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Psychoanalytic and systems thinking can help us understand workplace anxiety and how the defences it creates show up in the therapy room, says Gabriella Braun. Therapy Today, February 2024