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The Scope of Practice and Education (SCoPEd) framework is a ground-breaking shared standards framework, which sets out the core training, practice and competence requirements for counsellors and psychotherapists working with adults.

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

Promoting the importance of early intervention and access to timely psychological therapies for children, young people and families is a priority for BACP.

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

With the launch of a series of online videos responding to your frequently asked questions, Joanne Wright and Claire Hornsby describe their respective journeys and offer some background to the project. Coaching Today, April 2024.

Information and support for members and clients based on recent complaints. A series of resources looking at the types of complaints received around different topics and their implications for practice.

Open article: If we are to support people living with Parkinson’s disease, we must understand the importance not only of the motor symptoms but also of the psychological effects, as Deirdre Daly explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2026.

Our members highlight women who helped inspire their therapy career to celebrate International Women's Day

‘I’m listening, asking questions and forming ideas of how best I can contribute’. Therapy Today, March 2024

Sarah Millward talks about this confidential BACP service for members of the public. BACP Get help with counselling concerns blog