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Counselling: Too much choice 'In the counselling room, when I see a child who is not rushing to pick up an activity, or one that seems unable to make a decision, I take a step back and ask, ‘What is going on for this child?'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Open article: ‘Therapy gave me back my life’. Therapy Today, December 2025/January 2026.

Therapy may not always be the answer. There may be a time when you or your loved ones are experiencing a mental health crisis and don’t know who to reach out to.

Good Practice in Action legal resource covering working with children and young people. Last reviewed January 2026. PDF download

Good Practice in Action clinical reflections for practice resource on fitness to practise. Last reviewed December 2023. PDF download

Invest to unlock: mobilising Wales’s counselling and psychotherapy workforce to address unmet need during the Senedd Election 2026.

‘My dyslexia allows me to work more creatively with clients.’ Therapy Today, May 2023

Key learnings from BACP's monthly network meetings. Thresholds, January 2022