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A member of our Universities and Colleges division looks at the realities of practising within a college counselling service, and how counsellors must work with clients with common mental health problems as well as more complex needs.

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.

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.

Open article: ‘Therapy was the first place I learned that I didn’t have to keep myself small’. Therapy Today, March 2026.

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.

What is stress? How do you deal with stress? BACP member Hansa Pankhania explains how counselling can help.

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.

‘BACP has a strong voice to contribute at an important time on behalf of members.' Therapy Today, May 2023

Harriet Frew speaks for herself. Therapy Today, May 2023