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Video presentations and resources exploring working with victims of abuse. CPD hub+.

A toolkit designed to help the UK counselling and psychotherapy sectors better understand and address race and diversity.

"There has always been concern that the cost of training precludes many good candidates from becoming counsellors. Efforts to make the profession more inclusive have long been jeopardised by this." Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

CAMHS into the wild: Innovative programmes for young people which incorporate green and social prescribing. Plus: Resettling refugee children... Overexposed: teen sexting... Can’t not won’t... I’m coming out. BACP Children, Young People & Familes, March 2025.

'I cannot behave like oil or water when I am neither. I am both’: How competent are you to work with multi-heritage clients? Plus... Insomnia... Dilemmas in practice... Competence frameworks. Private Practice, September 2025.

Open access resource developed by BACP in partnership with other professionals. Last reviewed November 2021. PDF download.

Where and how you can get access to counselling and psychotherapy, including free and paid for services

We believe that counselling changes lives and that's why we’re supporting the national #MentalHealthResearchMatters campaign. Check out our blogs, articles and other resources.

Understanding when the criminal justice system can request therapy notes - and when therapists can refuse // Working with misogyny // A veteran's recovery // Supporting HIV positive clients // Our profession post-pandemic. Therapy Today, December 2025/January 2026