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A reflection on anti-oppressive practice in counselling training, exploring systemic barriers, student experiences, and the need for meaningful change. BACP member blogs.

How to join our BACP media spokesperson network and what it involves

Open article: With an affirmative foundation, all good therapy can be challenging, explorative, deep and rewarding, says Paul Christopher Mollitt. Therapy Today, June 2024.

Open article: Are mental health influencers doing more harm than good? Joe Martin investigates. Therapy Today, April 2023

Our members explore how a different mindset can teach us to see winter as a special time to be enjoyed and not endured

Open article: Therapy can help clients recognise the unexpected ways trauma shows up in their lives, says Philippa Smethurst. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.

Our ethics advisor and Therapy Today readers consider this month's dilemma. Therapy Today, March 2024

Keith Oulton and Ariel Sanders describe a narrative therapy approach with shared clinical notes that helped Ariel process her trauma from childhood sexual abuse. Therapy Today, September 2023

Open article: Coach and supervisor Pearl Tran demonstrates how the use of drawing in her practice has transformed her sessions with clients and supervisees. Coaching Today, October 2025

Open article: Jeremy Sachs on how social roles and shame drive male suicide. Private Practice, June 2026