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Need help with an ethical dilemma? Find information and support or book a consultation with our ethics officers.

Answers to members' common enquiries about accreditation, the accreditation process and accredited membership

Abstracts submitted to the BACP Annual Research Conference are eligible for this prestigious award which aims to make research more accessible and engaging.

Open article: Trainee therapist, Ruqaiyyah Najib calls for the therapy profession to prioritise culturally competent training. Thresholds, October 2024.

BACP and the Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors are working in partnership to find out more about different and diverse types of therapeutic practice.

Understanding climate anxiety - A call to action // Belief systems and abuse - The complexities of religious harm // Poetry in therapy - Creating a liminal space

Open article: Susie Masterson on whether artificial intelligence can replace human thinking, and, more importantly for our profession, human experience. Private Practice, March 2026.

Open article: "For many individuals and groups in the workplace, reacting to single events or changes as they occur and calling that resilience simply isn’t enough any more..." Regular column from Kate Anthony. Counselling at Work, Spring 2015

View and download back issues of Private Practice journal, the quarterly journal of BACP Private Practice division.

Sue Pattison and Maggie Robson, joint Chairs of BACP Children, Young People and Families division, ask you to support our campaign for a paid counsellor in every secondary school, academy and FE college in England