An Orphan's Tale Sinead Oskan reflects on National Bereaved Parent's Day: Embracing love, loss, and shared healing. BACP member blog
Government must act now to avoid children and young people's mental health crisis News Published 5 Feb 2025 We support mental health charities' research based call for urgent Government action on children and young people’s mental health services
Dilemmas Is it OK to accept as clients two trainees from the same course? Journals Published 1 Apr 2024 Our ethics advisor and Therapy Today readers consider this month's dilemma. Therapy Today, April 2024
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Parents – how to manage sibling strife at Christmas News Published 29 Nov 2024 Our members provide tips on managing a wonderful, but stressful, time of year for parents of two or more children
In depth: Confrontation with death Journals Published 26 Mar 2025 Open article: Emmy van Deurzen offers an existential perspective on trauma and posttraumatic growth. Thresholds, April 2025.
Counselling children and young people in schools in England, signposting to provision in Northern Ireland and Wales GPiA 002 Good practice Published 3 Nov 2025 Good Practice in Action legal resource on working with children and young people. Last reviewed November 2025. PDF download
Can a NATURE prescription be as effective for treating anxiety and depression as traditional talking therapy? A phenomenological study into the thoughts of those who have delivered both Research Published 5 May 2026 Updated 3 Sep 2026 Poster presentation by Emily May Alford.
Mapping the self: How does walk and talk therapy support self-exploration? Research Published 6 May 2020 Updated 15 Apr 2025 Poster presentation by Sally Morrison
To what extent does shared ethnicity between counsellor and client impact the therapeutic relationship Research Published 6 Oct 2026 Updated 6 Oct 2026 Research by Karen Lubin