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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.

Our member Kemi Omijeh looks at how racism can affect your mental health and explores what you can do if you’re affected by racial trauma

Our response to Alan Milburn’s findings on young people not in employment, education or training

Open article: Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform therapy, but what are the risks? asks Catherine Jackson. Therapy Today, September 2023

Diana Conroy is a social worker and psychotherapist working as staff counsellor with the UN in Nairobi.

Katie Parks speaks about Ofsted and the educational challenges faced. BACP member blog

New studies highlight benefits of on-site counselling for secondary school students and school staff

Open article: Recent research reveals that surprisingly high numbers of neurodivergent people are drawn to working in the caring professions, and may be more at risk of experiencing an extreme and debilitating form of burnout. How much do we really know about neurodivergent burnout and its long-term consequences? And, how can therapists best support neurodivergent carers who are facing burnout? Cloie Parfitt shares her findings. BACP Workplace, April 2024

'Suicide is always a tragedy... We, services and institutions, can’t be defensive, and we all need to be able to have open conversations about it'. University and College Counselling, May 2023

Open article: ‘For the first time in 34 years my box was empty.’ Therapy Today, February 2023