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Our response to the Fonagy review and Government plans for earlier, needs-led support

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.

Open article: ‘Therapy helped me come to terms with my birth mother’s rejection’. Therapy Today, November 2024.

Why therapy later in life can be transformative: benefits for older adults. BACP member blogs

Embracing authenticity: How Bluey illustrates the paradoxical theory of change in parenting and counselling. BACP member blogs. BACP student blogs

Evidence of our policy influence across most party manifestos ahead of the Scottish Parliament election

Promoting the importance of early intervention and access to timely psychological therapies for children, young people and families is a priority for BACP.

Janet Wilson explores the concept of religious trauma and its impact on children’s mental health and their sense of self. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Sinead Oskan reflects on National Bereaved Parent's Day: Embracing love, loss, and shared healing. BACP member blog

Our member Baljit Kamal explains what solution-focused brief therapy is and what to expect from it