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Good Practice in Action legal resource on working with children and young people. Last reviewed November 2025. PDF download

'There is a deeply unhelpful myth that counselling consists of nice people saying kind things to sad people'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024

The figures are ‘encouraging’ but need to be treated with some caution

Open article: Susie Masterson on whether artificial intelligence can replace human thinking, and, more importantly for our profession, human experience. Private Practice, March 2026.

Suicide risk when working in the counselling professions. Updated April 2023. PDF download

Our response to Children’s Commissioner’s landmark census of school leaders in England

Open article: Psychosis typically emerges for the first time in young adulthood. Dr George Salaminios explores the importance of early intervention in college and university counselling and the rationale for therapeutically targeting dysfunctions in mentalizing. BACP University and College Counselling, March 2026.

Gillian Proctor, Maeta Brown, Shlomo Cohen and Sue Mckelvie explore how some counsellors working in IAPT deal with ethical conflicts. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2019

Open article: Rick Hughes interviews speakers and presenters involved in a recent outdoor personal and professional development event. University and College Counselling, September 2024.

Good Practice in Action legal resource covering working with children and young people. Last reviewed July 2025. PDF download