A map for the journey: announcing the new coaching competence framework Journals Published 26 Jan 2023 Open article: David Britten explains why the coaching competences have been created and gives some background to their development. He addresses some key questions and concerns that BACP members have voiced about these and other frameworks. Coaching Today, January 2023
Clinical concepts: Watch and learn Journals Published 26 Jan 2024 Analysing the experiences of characters in films can help clients and trainees explore difficult themes, say Jenny Hamilton and Helen Kemp. Therapy Today, February 2024
Nurture in nature Journals Published 25 Apr 2023 Many people took up gardening during the pandemic to support their psychological wellbeing. Mike Morgan wonders whether it could be a creative response to our mental health crisis. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023
Time to say ‘goodbye' the grace and grief of endings at work Journals Published 8 Jan 2026 Open article: We don’t like to talk about endings or goodbyes at work. But executive leadership coaches, Lizzie Bentley Bowers and Alison Lucas and authors of Good Bye: leading change better by attending to endings, think we need to get better at it.
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
Counselling changes lives: When the music stops Journals Published 1 Apr 2024 Despite being at increased risk of addiction, depression and anxiety, there is little backstage mental health support for those who tour, says Tamsin Embleton. Therapy Today, April 2024
Displaced by war Journals Published 6 Jan 2023 Open article: Amy Bramley writes about finding meaning in her work with Ukrainian and Russian refugees. Thresholds, January 2023
Happy hour in IAPT: improving workplace wellbeing Journals Published 31 Oct 2016 Open article: Lowri Dowthwaite writes about an innovative project that focuses on increasing wellbeing and happiness among IAPT staff. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2016
Approved progression qualification: SCoPEd framework column B competences Research Published 28 Apr 2025 Updated 21 May 2026 For awarding organisations who have designed a qualification that enables students to gain competences aligned to column B of the SCoPEd framework.
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