Holding hope and complexity: Working with looked-after children Ailsa Smith Thompson explores Holding Hope: Therapy with Looked-After Children. BACP member blogs.
Students Conference 2025: Watch our highlights video News Published 7 Mar 2025 Catch up on the action and hear from attendees on how they found the day
Finding space to breathe: The power of walk-and-talk therapy News Published 2 Mar 2026 Walk‑and‑talk therapy offers a restorative alternative to screen‑based, home‑working routines by combining gentle movement.
Applying play therapy principles to older children and teenagers Research Published 10 May 2022 Updated 15 Apr 2025 Poster presentation by Clare Whitworth
The big issue: Time to dump the ‘dustbin diagnosis’? Journals Published 22 Nov 2024 Open article: Ellie Broughton asks whether a borderline personality disorder diagnosis prevents clients and especially women from getting the help they really need. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.
From the President Journals Published 21 Feb 2024 ‘Generating employment opportunities for counsellors and therapists is a topic close to my heart’. Therapy Today, March 2024
From catering to counselling: the story of Pepe News Published 4 Jun 2024 Our members Anissa Chung and Pepe Sarpong talk about Pepe’s journey to counselling and how the mentoring scheme was a beneficial step along that journey.
Does Mismatching Matter? A Study Investigating the Impact of Therapist-Client Personality Similarity on the Therapeutic Alliance Research Published 2 Jul 2026 Updated 3 Jul 2026 Research by Helen Wall
How do counsellors experience working with relatives of individuals with acquired brain injury? Research Published 10 Aug 2026 Updated 10 Aug 2026 Research by Tabitha Mathers
On the couch with Uma Thomas Journals Published 26 Apr 2024 Uma Thomas gives insights as a Family Support Counsellor at Farleigh Hospice. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.