The medicine in the words: why poetry belongs in the therapy room News Published 13 Mar 2026 Richard Tyler explores how poetry can transform the therapy process. BACP member blogs.
Counselling changes lives: When trauma hides in plain sight Journals Published 22 Nov 2024 Open article: Therapy can help clients recognise the unexpected ways trauma shows up in their lives, says Philippa Smethurst. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.
It changed my life Journals Published 23 Oct 2024 Open article: ‘Therapy helped me come to terms with my birth mother’s rejection’. Therapy Today, November 2024.
Children, young people and families Promoting the importance of early intervention and access to timely psychological therapies for children, young people and families is a priority for BACP.
Time to talk News Published 6 Feb 2025 Why therapy later in life can be transformative: benefits for older adults. BACP member blogs
Bluey and the Paradoxical Theory of Change News Published 24 Sep 2024 Embracing authenticity: How Bluey illustrates the paradoxical theory of change in parenting and counselling. BACP member blogs. BACP student blogs
Scottish party manifestos reflect our policy priorities News Published 23 Apr 2026 Evidence of our policy influence across most party manifestos ahead of the Scottish Parliament election
Inside the organisation: Dialogue First Journals Published 30 Apr 2015 Every year up to 250,000 parents divorce and separate putting a strain on wellbeing, relations and budgets. Marc Lopatin explains how lawyer-supported mediation could reduce both the emotional and financial fallout. Counselling at Work, Spring 2015
Influencing across the Four Nations News Published 24 Apr 2024 BACP’s Four Nations Lead, Steve Mulligan, talks about the work we're doing in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England within the political institutions. BACP policy blogs
"When it comes to mental health, there must be no compromise" News Published 23 Oct 2018 John Cowley argues that student counselling services must be delivered by trained, qualified and professionally accountable staff