Holding hope and complexity: Working with looked-after children Ailsa Smith Thompson explores Holding Hope: Therapy with Looked-After Children. BACP member blogs.
BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023 Journals Published 31 Aug 2023 The impossible dilemma: When seeking safety is dangerous. Plus: Different, not deficient // Killing the Buddha // Reasons to be cheerful // The only child in therapy
Yours faithfully: Age, time and everything in between Journals Published 6 Jan 2023 'I ask them questions such as, what is it like for you to have a counsellor of a similar/different age to you?' Regular column by Manaal Mulla. Thresholds, January 2023
Positive Steps campaign launches with park messages for new mums News Published 30 Jul 2025 Our campaign highlights the benefits of therapy to overwhelmed and struggling new mums
Contract Assessor Role description for a Contract Assessor at BACP is to ensure that accreditation decisions are fair, consistent, transparent and defensible.
Sharing records with clients, legal professionals and the courts in the context of the counselling professions GPiA 069 Good practice Published 31 Aug 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource on record keeping and confidentiality. Last reviewed September 2025. PDF download
Notes from Acting Chair of BACP UC and from Colleges: Experiencing significant turmoil Journals Published 1 Mar 2023 'Each new cohort of students who we welcome in September will have been affected at a different time in their emotional development...' Regular column from Mary Jones. University and College Counselling, March 2023
An opportunity for change? News Published 9 Jun 2025 Lisa Charlton explores rewriting life’s script: menopause, self-discovery, and the power of putting yourself first. BACP Student blogs.
How do child and adolescent counsellors and psychotherapists currently understand developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD, dyspraxia)? How do they conceptualise the emotional well-being needs of young people in this group? Research Published 21 Mar 2026 Updated 27 Mar 2026 Research by Christine Brake
Safeguarding vulnerable adults within the counselling professions in England and Wales GPiA 030 Good practice Published 9 Jul 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource. Last reviewed February 2026. PDF download