March 2026 Board Meeting: a busy start to the year News Published 10 Apr 2026 BACP's first board meeting of the year. BACP blogs.
Raising professional standards We're committed to protecting the public by developing high quality, evidence-based standards of ethical practice for the counselling professions.
Governance of the BACP Register The functions of the BACP Register are supported by our Public Protection Committee, which holds delegated responsibility for developing our public protection strategy.
The big issue: A fair slice Journals Published 23 Aug 2024 Open article: Will mental health get the funding it needs from the new Government? Ellie Broughton reports. Therapy Today, September 2024.
Wrapping up 2025: highlights from our final Board meeting News Published 19 Dec 2025 Season's greetings from all of us at BACP!
From the CEO: Digital development Journals Published 31 Aug 2023 ‘Over the next few years we’ll be closely monitoring the advancements in technology' Therapy Today, September 2023
The big issue: Seafaring Good practice Published 18 Sep 2026 Open article: Greta Solomon explores the Black community’s complex relationship with open water. Therapy Today, October 2026.
It changed my life Journals Published 1 Jul 2024 Open article: ‘Slowly I began to trust that I wouldn’t be judged or shamed for expressing my emotions’. Therapy Today, July/August 2024.
Campaign success as counselling scheme to support jurors launched News Published 8 May 2024 We’d backed calls for more specialist mental health support for jurors following difficult cases
Persistent pressures on young people continue to bite News Published 9 Sep 2026 High anxiety reported by one in four respondents to Youth Voice Census