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Our 2026 AGM is taking place on Friday 20 November.

Face your fear. Plus... On the frontline: Trauma-informed treatment for burnout in the NHS... Ghost stories: Exploring the impact of past relationships on family carers... Cancer diagnosis: How acceptance and commitment therapy supports patients.

Resources to inform your practice, help you undertake research and update you on our research activities.

Open article: David Britten explains why the coaching competences have been created and gives some background to their development. He addresses some key questions and concerns that BACP members have voiced about these and other frameworks. Coaching Today, January 2023

Suicide risk when working in the counselling professions. Updated April 2023. PDF download

Erik de Haan shares the findings of his recent comprehensive meta-analysis study of coaching, and some conclusions he has drawn from the results. Coaching Today, October 2023

PhD researcher, Charlotte Scott reflects on presenting co-created learning disability research at BACP's conference, and the last-minute rewrite that made it authentic. BACP research blogs.

Open article: Catherine Jackson asks why counselling is still largely inaccessible to disabled people. Therapy Today, March 2022

Open article: Julia Bueno argues why the rise of ‘therapy speak’ matters. Therapy Today, February 2026.

Commitments to improve mental health support in schools and on the NHS are featured