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'Anyone that describes their counselling training as easy is most likely lying. One of my best friends who I met on my training course and I used to describe the experience as the best and worst years of your life – the sentiment is still true to this today.' A conversation with Safaa Ramadan. University and College Counselling, March 2024

Rebecca Grace, Assistant Registrar for BACP, addresses therapy complaints, competence, boundaries and endings in therapy. BACP learning from practice blogs

I work for a local counselling service and have been referred a new client who would like to come for help with issues around loss of identity, low mood and anxiety after having a baby. Our Ethics team and Therapy Today readers consider this month’s dilemma. Therapy Today, September 2023

Lisa Oakley and Kathryn Kinmond offer insight into how therapists can offer support. Thresholds, July 2023

Charlotte Allocca on imposter syndrome in new counsellors and reframing it as growth. BACP member blogs.

Training: 'Large cohorts offer richer diversity in terms of age, class, race, ethnicity, experience and personality type. Students might range in age from 20s to 70s, with all that this implies in terms of life experience and outlook.' BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Open article: Frontline NHS workers are dealing with burnout, trauma and moral injury, while funding for support is being cut – and the crisis has far-reaching effects, says Ellie Broughton. Therapy Today, December 2023

Open article: As a university counsellor, Jane Titterton reflects on her personal experience of getting to grips and working with one-at-a-time counselling. University and College Counselling, May 2023

This resource considers some of the complaints we've received around therapeutic interventions and explores their implications for practice

Understanding climate anxiety - A call to action // Belief systems and abuse - The complexities of religious harm // Poetry in therapy - Creating a liminal space