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This resource considers some of the complaints we've received around competence and fitness to practise, and explores their implications for practice

'While I was working I took further training at the Tavistock Institute and the Anna Freud Centre, which led me some years later to work primarily as a child and family psychotherapist.'. Therapy Today, April 2024

Our members share thoughts on how small acts of kindness can improve your mental wellbeing

BACP CEO blogs.

'When I joined the counselling service at Cardiff University, it was providing all the psychological support for students and staff. Over the next few years, the scope of the service gradually evolved to the point that several new teams have been developed to complement or complete tasks that are outside of the core therapeutic work.' A conversation with Sarah Worley-James. University and College Counselling, November 2023

A central pillar of our campaign work has been to better understand the negative mental health impact of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis on our members, counselling services, clients and the wider population.

Rachel Weiss explores menopause, empowerment, and midlife transformation: A counsellor’s reflection on breaking the silence. BACP member blogs.

Open article: Monia Brizzi describes how a complex systems approach helped a musician identify and understand the emotional roots of his physical symptoms. Therapy Today, November 2023

Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta, clinical psychologist and founder of Play Included®, is helping to manage childhood anxiety, loneliness and low self-esteem, one brick at a time. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Elizabeth Longshaw explains the benefits of introducing therapeutic relationships to older members of her faith community. Thresholds, July 2023