Dig deep: The benefits of gardening Journals Published 31 Jul 2025 Open article: Therapeutic gardening can help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness, social isolation and stress. And there are no side effects, as Ben Thomas explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2025.
Update on our Board of Trustees News Published 10 Oct 2024 We’ve shared a statement about two Trustees
Q&A: Conscious of carrying the client Journals Published 13 Apr 2023 What are the issues that you face in your client work with employee assistance providers (EAPs) and organisations? Q&A is your chance to ask members of BACP Workplace to respond to your workplace queries. BACP Workplace, April 2023
Workplace matters: Thinking of going into private practice? Journals Published 13 Apr 2023 'Are we all foolish for casting aside secure income for the vagaries of private practice? Or are we living the dream, enjoying a harmonious work-life balance that our previous work was unable to offer?' Regular column from Sandi Mann. BACP Workplace, April 2023
Statement of support for the trans community News Published 24 Apr 2025 Our response to the Supreme Court ruling on women and sex
Mental health expansion cannot come at the cost of existing services News Published 13 Aug 2026 Our response to reports of planned cuts and closures across NHS mental health services in England
The restorative power of circles Journals Published 20 Jan 2023 Alison O’Connor explains that indigenous talking circles can help health and social care professionals recover from moral injury, brought on by the pandemic. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023
Real world spirituality: The dusk of the soul Journals Published 27 Mar 2024 Alistair Ross reflects on the spiritual meaning of darkness. Thresholds, April 2024
The cost-of-living challenges faced by community-based organisations News Published 22 May 2024 Jeremy Bacon focuses on the challenges of community-based counselling services amid cost-of-living crisis: Insights from BACP's Policy team. BACP staff blog
Considering the ethical principles of self-care and fitness to practice when working with trauma Janice Thomas explores how self-care is a vital part of our ethical character as practitioners. Video resource.