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Our directory puts you in touch with 18,000+ BACP registered counsellors offering a range of therapies for adults, children and families. Find a trained professional who can help you.

'I have always maintained a belief in the Buddhist humanistic values of non-violence, compassion and wisdom: helping us to live a more peaceful life.' Regular column from Kath Lock-Giddy. Thresholds, April 2023

Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta, clinical psychologist and founder of Play Included®, is helping to manage childhood anxiety, loneliness and low self-esteem, one brick at a time. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Featuring 'People Not Pathology: freeing therapy from the medical model', Pete Sanders and Janet Tolan (eds); 'Madness at the Movies: understanding mental illness through film', James Charmey(Johns Hopkins University Press); 'The Mystery of Emotions: seeking a theory of what we feel', RD Hinshelwood (Phoenix); 'Music Psychotherapy and Anxiety: social, community and clinical contexts', Rebecca Zarate(Jessica Kingsley Publishers); 'Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research', Sofie Bager-Charleson and Alistair McBeath; 'Man Kind: tools for mental health, well-being, and modernizing masculinity', Zachary Gerdes. Therapy Today, November 2023

Self-harm can take many forms and is often a way of coping with overwhelming emotions and feelings. Our member Natalie Phillips explains what self-harm is and how counselling can help.

How can resilience-based clinical supervision help a team of chaplains working in an NHS hospital to stay well in their work? Sarah Markham, clinical psychologist and Clinical Team Lead at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust hospital shares her experience. BACP Workplace, April 2024

Sanctuary: How an innovative application of play therapy is being used to support young Ukrainian refugees // Brick by brick // On virtual turf // Beyond four walls // Thou shalt not leave...

Anne Scoging takes over the regular chair's column to talk about recovering from trauma. Counselling at Work, Summer 2015

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