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Open article: Jeanine Connor reflects on whether the viral show was the game changer it’s been made out to be. Therapy Today, September 2025.

Open article: Barbara Smith, Carl Dutton and Kaye Richards have developed green and social prescribing for young people, with innovative programmes delivered by CAMHS practitioners and community colleagues. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2025.

Can Scottish university counselling services cope with the increasing demand for mental health support? University and College Counselling, May 2023

Bruno Condé describes a technique from transactional analysis to give clients agency over the maturing process of their inner child. Therapy Today, December 2023

Open article: With growing research into their effectiveness, could psychedelics provide an answer to the overuse of antidepressants? asks Catherine Jackson. Therapy Today, July/August 2023

Our members highlight women who helped inspire their therapy career to celebrate International Women's Day

Members and counselling organisations can help shape future of Welsh mental health and wellbeing services

News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, February 2024

Open article: Bijal Shah makes a powerful case for therapeutic literature. University and College Counselling, November 2024.