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Our experts share how to spot the difference between "good" and "bad" stress

The Liberal Democrats have written to the Chancellor calling for counselling provision in secondary schools in England

Elaine Beaumont considers how compassionate mind training could help student healthcare practitioners cope with the demands of clinical care. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2016

Open article: A wide range of structural and social factors can act as barriers to male students seeking support. Jozef Sen and Dr Claire Wolstenholme from Sheffield Hallam University share their approach to getting men talking. BACP University and College Counselling, September 2025.

Open article: Frontline NHS workers are dealing with burnout, trauma and moral injury, while funding for support is being cut – and the crisis has far-reaching effects, says Ellie Broughton. Therapy Today, December 2023

Open article: Lauren Booker of Alcohol Change UK explores the personal, organisational, and societal costs; and considers how employers can best create a cultural change when it comes to alcohol at work. BACP Workplace, July 2023

Open article: We don’t like to talk about endings or goodbyes at work. But executive leadership coaches, Lizzie Bentley Bowers and Alison Lucas and authors of Good Bye: leading change better by attending to endings, think we need to get better at it.

Stories from new mums highlighting how therapy has helped them

Why are so many autistic people missing from the world of work? Rachael Klug explores the reasons that lie behind the exclusion and suggests ways both for organisations to become an ‘autism friendly’ employer, and for workplace therapists to better support our neurodivergent clients. BACP Workplace, October 2023

Open article: How does VAT affect small psychotherapy practices? Paolo Imbalzano and Trish Kill share their perspectives. Private Practice, September 2026.