Dig deep: The benefits of gardening Journals Published 31 Jul 2025 Open article: Therapeutic gardening can help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness, social isolation and stress. And there are no side effects, as Ben Thomas explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2025.
Trauma and PTSD About therapy What is trauma? What is PTSD? What are the signs? Why do they develop, and how can counselling help? BACP-accredited therapist and trauma specialist Dee Johnson shares her insight.
It changed my life Journals Published 20 Feb 2026 Open article: ‘Therapy was the first place I learned that I didn’t have to keep myself small’. Therapy Today, March 2026.
Social anxiety About therapy Our member Lou Baker explains what social anxiety is, how you can overcome a fear of social situations and how counselling can help you cope.
Stress About therapy What is stress? How do you deal with stress? BACP member Hansa Pankhania explains how counselling can help.
How bad does it have to be? News Published 28 Apr 2026 It’s a question many people of all ages carry secretly: ‘How bad does it have to be before I reach out for therapy?’ BACP member blogs.
Renewing, reinstating or changing your membership How to renew your membership, reinstate your membership if it's lapsed or change your membership category
Prevention is better than cure Journals Published 20 Jan 2023 Tonia Anderson and Dr Gina Wong believe that pre-operative counselling could prevent pain chronicity, by identifying the psychological and social factors that influence pain management and recovery. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023
Inner me with Mima Cornish Journals Published 6 Jan 2023 We talk to counsellor and new BACP Spirituality division network meeting facilitator for the North West, Mima Cornish, about the things that inspire her. Thresholds, January 2023
Suicide prevention resources A compilation of suicide-related presentations, articles and good practice resources for members.