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In a co-authored article by members of the Parent Carer Trauma Working Group, Joanna Griffin, Ellie Finch, Megan Yakeley, Naomi Bonger and Poppy Villierezz draw on their combined personal, clinical and academic experience to raise awareness of trauma in SEND parent carers. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Open article: ‘Counselling was like taking the blanket off the mirror and truly looking into yourself.' Therapy Today, April 2023

BACP's Judy Stafford, a person-centred counsellor, explains the person-centred approach and what you can expect from your therapist.

Open article: Andrew Balfour describes an intervention that recognises the importance of relationships and of working not only with people with dementia but also their partners. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023

‘Listening beyond words: In a professional landscape that often prizes clarity, speed and linear progress, drawing invites ambiguity, complexity and spaciousness’. Plus... Relational mindfulness in coaching. Coaching the system: ‘the spaces in between’. The impact of the cost-of-living crisis. Coaching Today, October 2025

'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

An approved progression qualification demonstrates meeting high professional standards aligned to the SCoPEd framework and approved qualification criteria.

When she was admitted to a psychiatric ward, Caroline Smith didn’t know if she would ever come out. She describes her experience and wonders how we could better support mental health patients. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Our Children, Young People and Families lead Jo Holmes reflects on the impact of our school counselling campaign

'We are keen to identify training needs … and want to encourage divisional members to let us know what’s missing … we will be looking to create new ways for young people to have a voice within BACP and across the profession'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023