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'When I joined the counselling service at Cardiff University, it was providing all the psychological support for students and staff. Over the next few years, the scope of the service gradually evolved to the point that several new teams have been developed to complement or complete tasks that are outside of the core therapeutic work.' A conversation with Sarah Worley-James. University and College Counselling, November 2023

There is much to be learned by looking beyond the myth of the all-loving mother and exploring the taboo of maternal hatred, says Julia Vaughan Smith. Therapy Today, April 2024

A pathway to private practice: Setting up, developing and maintaining a career in counselling. Plus... Loneliness: society’s most pressing issue... Therapists who self-harm... Setting up in practice outside the UK. Private Practice, March 2025

Just over a year ago, Juliette Moxham wrote an article for BACP Workplace about why she stepped back from being a headteacher of a primary school in Gloucestershire to retrain as a counsellor. Now a newly qualified counsellor, she is working with the public sector workforce and establishing her private practice. She talks to Nicola Banning about finishing her training and starting out in the profession. BACP Workplace, January 2024

For accredited members who’ve not completed the required Level 7 counselling and psychotherapy qualification or a BACP accredited or approved progression training course aligned to column C of the SCoPEd framework.

Open article: How should we respond to changing client expectations about therapy? Sally Brown investigates. Therapy Today, February 2026.

'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

Stories from new mums highlighting how therapy has helped them

After the upheaval to our working practices since the first lockdown in March 2020, Jane Moffett considers what we have learnt and what it means for the future of work. BACP Workplace, January 2023