Children, young people and families Promoting the importance of early intervention and access to timely psychological therapies for children, young people and families is a priority for BACP.
Time to talk News Published 6 Feb 2025 Why therapy later in life can be transformative: benefits for older adults. BACP member blogs
Bluey and the Paradoxical Theory of Change News Published 24 Sep 2024 Embracing authenticity: How Bluey illustrates the paradoxical theory of change in parenting and counselling. BACP member blogs. BACP student blogs
Scottish party manifestos reflect our policy priorities News Published 23 Apr 2026 Evidence of our policy influence across most party manifestos ahead of the Scottish Parliament election
From the CEO Journals Published 21 Feb 2024 ‘I’m listening, asking questions and forming ideas of how best I can contribute’. Therapy Today, March 2024
Improved access to therapy support for abuse survivors News Published 17 Dec 2025 This should end the postcode lottery for some people trying to access life-changing counselling
Contracting - what complaints tell us This resource considers some of the complaints we've received around contracting with clients and explores their implications for practice
What is humanistic therapy? About therapy Our member Dee Johnson explains how the humanistic approach works and what it can help with
Congratulations to the winners of our 2024 BACP new researcher award News Published 17 May 2024 Fabienne dos Santos Sousa, Annabella Feeny and Pierre Musa (Musa) Halime Wessel won the award for their study into Scottish university and college counselling services.
Our call to the new Labour Government and Prime Minister Keir Starmer Find out how we’ll be working to build relationships with the new Labour Government