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'In the consulting room, we continue to hear our clients facing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic experiences regularly.' BACP member blogs

Counsellors and psychotherapists play a crucial role in improving the health and wellbeing of our society. Find out about training, search for jobs and placements or develop your skills working with us.

A pathway to private practice: Setting up, developing and maintaining a career in counselling. Plus... Loneliness: society’s most pressing issue... Therapists who self-harm... Setting up in practice outside the UK. Private Practice, March 2025

Challenging misrepresentation - A call for cultural awareness... Using our imaginations - Visualisation in empathy... Holy wisdom - Embodied presence

Challenges, barriers, progress & hope: What's changed for black practitioners five years on from George Floyd? Reclaiming your name // Being the child of a therapist // Maternity leave as a private practitioner // Energy work in therapy. Therapy Today, October 2025

Our Children, Young People and Families Lead, Jo Holmes discusses the TAC platform's impact on expanding employment opportunities for BACP members and reaching vulnerable populations in diverse settings. BACP staff blog

Beneath the surface: Illuminating the radical and beautiful mess of real transformation. Plus... Pioneering spirit: therapeutic coaching in the USA. Working with difference in supervision. Beyond technique: knowing ourselves as coaches. Coaching Today, July 2025. Coaching Today, July 2025

Antidoting the black pill. Modelling an alternative for teenagers seduced by the manosphere... Plus: Let’s talk about sex... Challenging diet culture... Embracing GSRD – in action... Lost in translation. BACP Children, Young People & Families, September 2026.

With the football world cup in full swing, therapists explain gambling addiction warning signals and how to get help

On the edge: Engaging with young people caught up in violence, chaos and exploitation...Plus: Swimming against the tide... Growing good men... Through a play lens... Language matters for trans+. BACP Children, Young People & Familes, September 2025.