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Time to dump the 'dustbin diagnosis'? The pros and cons of a BPD label // Working with intrusive thoughts // Navigating family estrangement // When trauma hides in plain sight // Neurodivergence in the other chair. December 2024/January 2025

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

On whose authority? Power and leadership in a university counselling service. Cross-cultural counselling: Protecting staff’s sense of self... Digital distraction: Attention as a wellbeing issue... Walking the path: Class barriers in... counselling training. University and College Counselling, May 2026.

A delusion can stabilise and secure a person’s identity, says Conor McCormack. Clinicians should therefore treat with respect and sensitivity the beliefs of a psychotic patient. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

We’ll be working on your behalf to put counselling and psychotherapy on the agenda

'...a lot of us still struggle with accepting that many things can be in opposition at the same time'. Regular column by Sarah Van Gogh. Private Practice, March 2023

Our directory puts you in touch with 16,000+ BACP registered counsellors offering a range of therapies for adults, children and families. Find a trained professional who can help you.

If you’ve recognised any of the R.A.I.S.E symptoms in yourself, then it might be time to seek professional support from a therapist.

Open article: ‘A holistic approach gave me the courage to heal gently’. Therapy Today, February 2026.

In a co-authored article by members of the Parent Carer Trauma Working Group, Joanna Griffin, Ellie Finch, Megan Yakeley, Naomi Bonger and Poppy Villierezz draw on their combined personal, clinical and academic experience to raise awareness of trauma in SEND parent carers. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023