What are the five stages of grief? About therapy Our member Jen Mak explains the five stages of grief model and how it might help us understand how grief and loss are affecting us
Important opportunity to inform future of Northern Ireland’s health services News Published 2 Jun 2026 Have your say as part of discussions about the future of health provision in Northern Ireland
The path out of burnout Journals Published 28 Apr 2023 Identifying clients’ individual risk factors is key in helping them process burnout, says Francis Norton. Therapy Today, May 2023
Conversations: The complexities of forgiveness Journals Published 6 Jan 2023 Marina Cantacuzino talks to Amy McCormack about her work using victim and perpetrator stories to explore alternatives to revenge. Thresholds, January 2023
Journey: A legacy of light Journals Published 27 Mar 2024 Nadia Saleem Syed writes about her father’s spiritual influence. Thresholds, April, 2024
Ponderings of a counselling tutor Journals Published 26 May 2023 'Let's have these conversations, process our own emotions, and integrate climate awareness into counselling and psychotherapy'. University and College Counselling, May 2023
Bluey and the Paradoxical Theory of Change News Published 24 Sep 2024 Embracing authenticity: How Bluey illustrates the paradoxical theory of change in parenting and counselling. BACP member blogs. BACP student blogs
The role of judgment in psychotherapy Journals Published 9 Jun 2023 Judgment is a factor in both cognitivist and psychoanalytic theory and, rather than standing poles apart, a cognitivist and a Freudian perspective have something of value to offer each other, argues Neill Bartlett. Private Practice, June 2023
Memorandum of understanding on conversion therapy in the UK The MOU (Memorandum of understanding) is a joint document signed by over 25 health, counselling and psychotherapy organsations which aims to end the practice of conversion therapy in the UK. PDF download
Workplace matters: Our winter of discontent? Journals Published 13 Jan 2023 'Humans like to be in control and we all crave certainty. The environment in which we are finding ourselves during winter 2023 is one of almost intolerable uncertainty and helplessness.' Regular column from Sandi Mann. BACP Workplace, January 2023