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Neuroscientific research can help us to understand the therapeutic effects of music, as Leigh Riby explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Florence Nadaud applies a psychodynamic lens to the ways that family dynamics can get re-enacted in professional systems. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Natasha Page has received funding for her 'The New Me’ project that aims to help women boost their self-esteem and build mental resilience

Featuring 'Digital Delivery of Mental Health Therapies: a guide to the benefits and challenges, and making it work', Dr Hannah Wilson. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Open article: Peter Jenkins assesses the arguments for and against universities adopting an extended duty of care. University and College Counselling, November 2023

We believe that counselling changes lives and that's why we’re supporting the national #MentalHealthResearchMatters campaign. Check out our blogs, articles and other resources.

Open article: Jeremy Sachs looks at the complex role that belief systems can have for male survivors of sexual abuse. Thresholds, October 2025.

Phyllis Coulter encourages us to use available neurological science to facilitate a working alliance with young people who might otherwise not be able to access counselling. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2018

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