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Find out how counselling works, what therapists do and what happens in a therapy session.

What is chronic pain? How does pain affect your mental health? Can counselling help and what types of therapy are best for chronic pain? Our member Elizabeth Turp explains.

We’re pleased to see so many specific commitments to counselling

Stella Duffy OBE speaks for herself. Therapy Today, February 2023

Training: 'Large cohorts offer richer diversity in terms of age, class, race, ethnicity, experience and personality type. Students might range in age from 20s to 70s, with all that this implies in terms of life experience and outlook.' BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

'I would say that I specialise in addiction and eating disorders, mainly because this is primarily what my clients come to see me about, but I also work with anxiety, depression, relational issues and bereavement'. Therapy Today, May 2024

Our members share their insight into why we feel lonely at Christmas, and what you can do to help yourself and others who feel this way.

Matthew Geary replies to questions about his work and what inspires him. Thresholds online, July 2023

We’re funding our members to deliver projects to improve access to counselling for people from marginalised and racialised community backgrounds.

'There is a deeply unhelpful myth that counselling consists of nice people saying kind things to sad people'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024