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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

A competence framework and curriculum to develop professional standards for coaching practitioners

'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.

Open article: Tori Ufondu explains why all good talking therapy is a form of energy work. Therapy Today, October 2025.

Our member Dan Mills-Da’Bell explains how to get support for yourself if you're having suicidal thoughts or feeling suicidal

How to offer support and where to get advice.

Open article: Neurodiversity and leadership coach and trainer, Liv Blaney, demonstrates why workplaces urgently need to become more neuroinclusive – and how coaches can help. Coaching Today, January 2026

Information from previous BACP research conferences

Our members highlight how therapy helps people to cope, grow and thrive