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Neuroscientific research can help us to understand the therapeutic effects of music, as Leigh Riby explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

The invention of so-called ‘false memory syndrome’ undermined the credibility of both therapists and survivors of abuse, says Lynda Mia Thompson. Therapy Today, February 2023

Identifying clients’ individual risk factors is key in helping them process burnout, says Francis Norton. Therapy Today, May 2023

Is it ethical to work under your first name only? Our Ethics team and Therapy Today readers consider this month’s dilemma. Therapy Today, May 2023

Open article: Helen Axelby and Krystyna Shkandrii share their innovative way of using play therapy with young Ukrainian refugees within the Ukraine Therapy Project team at the Refugee Council in Sheffield. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Featuring 'Mothering Alone', M K O’Neil; 'Learning from Action', ed RD Hinshelwood and L Mingarelli; 'Counselling Partners and Relatives of Individuals Who Have Sexually Offended', A Smith; 'Saving Freud', A Nagorski; 'Outsight', The Midlands Psychology Group and 'Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action', A Reeves and T Bond. Therapy Today, March 2023

There is much to be learned by looking beyond the myth of the all-loving mother and exploring the taboo of maternal hatred, says Julia Vaughan Smith. Therapy Today, April 2024

Open article: People with an acquired brain injury are often cared for at home. But family members also need support to process the potentially life-changing experience, write Dr Freddie Byrne and Angelina Hassan. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2025.

Personal critiques of new books for counsellors and psychotherapists working with children, young people and families. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

Sukhi Sian explores the importance of being able to talk about spiritual beliefs in the workplace. Thresholds, April 2024