Notes from the Chair of research SIG: Supporting counselling practitioners' wellbeing Journals Published 26 May 2023 'Practitioners' wellbeing is influenced by multiple factors, and shared responsibility for service and client outcomes'. Regular column from Afra Turner. University and College Counselling, May 2023
Dilemma: Is my elderly client a safeguarding risk because of her children's need to protect her? Journals Published 1 Nov 2023 Our Ethics team and Therapy Today readers consider this month’s dilemma. Therapy Today, November 2023
When Religion Meets the Therapy Room: Exploring Therapists’ Experiences of Working with Clients’ Religious Beliefs in Therapeutic Practice Research Published 6 May 2026 Updated 12 May 2026 Research by Elizabeth James-Otokiti
Points of view Journals Published 1 Mar 2023 Feedback on Pablo Van Schravendyk’s article, ‘On becoming a mental health mentor.' University and College Counselling, March 2023
Partnership with the Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors News Published 1 May 2026 BACP and the Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors are working in partnership to find out more about different and diverse types of therapeutic practice.
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
Free to choose: best evidence for the effectiveness of coaching Journals Published 25 Oct 2023 Erik de Haan shares the findings of his recent comprehensive meta-analysis study of coaching, and some conclusions he has drawn from the results. Coaching Today, October 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
Ponderings of a counselling tutor Journals Published 1 Mar 2023 'Do we understand a client by trying to comprehend their world from their point of view or by looking objectively at it from the outside?' University and College Counselling, March 2023