Domestic abuse is driving a mental health crisis - and recovery is being ignored News Published 5 Mar 2026 Psychotherapist Laura McCarthy explores domestic abuse and the mental health crisis: why Recovery is being overlooked. BACP member blogs.
My practice Journals Published 18 Mar 2024 'I propose that ‘trying to be a good therapist’ is not a desirable goal'. Private Practice, March 2024.
Free safe and heartsick Journals Published 26 Jan 2024 Counselling can help clients who have fled to the West for safety to understand their complex attachments to their homelands, says Sofia Chanda-Gool. Therapy Today, February 2024
Stephen Kinnock’s damaging and incorrect comments on private therapy can’t go unchallenged We’re writing to the MP to address these comments
News Journals Published 3 Mar 2023 A round-up of the latest findings and policy updates affecting CYPF. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023
It changed my life Journals Published 20 Aug 2025 Open article: ‘Group therapy taught me how to trust myself and others’. Therapy Today, September 2025.
Empowering school counsellors: Influencing policy to improve CYP support across a multi academy trust News Published 23 Jun 2025 Jess Foster explores championing CYP counselling standards across her multi academy trust. BACP policy
Contract Assessor Role description for a Contract Assessor at BACP is to ensure that accreditation decisions are fair, consistent, transparent and defensible.
Campaign Trail Journals Published 25 Apr 2023 ‘People who are stuck on waiting lists or unable to access care need urgent action, not more delays and empty promises’. Regular column from Matthew Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023
Viewpoint: Change for the better Journals Published 20 Oct 2023 'A shift towards the selfish and adversarial could cause problems’ Regular column from Judy Stafford. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023