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For Mental Health Awareness Week (13-18 May 2024) our members share their thoughts on the power of movement in therapy and why you should try it.

Jayne Hayle on working online during the pandemic, and what to consider when returning to seeing clients face to face. Private Practice, September 2020

Taking therapy into new realities... plus... Should we let a client bring their baby to sessions?... Janina Fisher on treating trauma well... Boundary issues in small communities... Exploding the myth of the untroubled therapist

Emergency on planet Earth: navigating suffering and holding hope... The role of judgement in psychotherapy... Anti-oppressive practice... Good sex lives and healthy narcissism

Time to flex? Thinking beyond the weekly 50-minute therapy session... plus What we can learn from resilient clients... How to talk about sex in the therapy room... Do we have to change supervisor?.. Pete Sanders on resisting medicalisation

Open article: Hostility towards transgender people is on the increase. Ellis J Johnson asks us to consider whether it is affecting our own therapeutic approach and practice. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Dig deep: the benefits of gardening. Plus... Head space: Therapists can work effectively with clients who have a psychiatric diagnosis // All change: Why we need a deeper understanding of menopause in the therapy room // Skin test:  The impact of skin conditions such as eczema on our mental wellbeing

Strategy focuses on increasing access to services, early intervention and prevention

Have your say about new guidance on sharing therapy records in sexual offences cases

Jenny O’Donnell is presenting research on care Homes and dementia at BSG conference. BACP staff blogs.