We back campaign to review and update NICE anxiety guidelines News Published 20 Jan 2026 We’re encouraging members to write to their MP and help shape NICE guidance
Positive steps About therapy Supporting new mums to navigate the changes a new baby can bring to family life and how to reach out for help.
The big issue: Time to dump the ‘dustbin diagnosis’? Journals Published 22 Nov 2024 Open article: Ellie Broughton asks whether a borderline personality disorder diagnosis prevents clients and especially women from getting the help they really need. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.
Fewer than half of state schools in England offer on-site counselling News Published 9 Oct 2020 Join our campaign calling for investment in a paid counsellor in every secondary school and FE college in England
Could you write an article for BACP Workplace? Journals Published 17 Apr 2024 If you’ve been wondering whether writing an article for BACP Workplace is for you, Editor, Nicola Banning answers the questions that she is most often asked by therapists who are thinking about taking that first step. BACP Workplace, April 2024
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.
Research awards and grants Research Published 28 Jul 2017 Updated 13 Oct 2025 Encouraging research into counselling and psychotherapy
"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
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