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I work for a local counselling service and have been referred a new client who would like to come for help with issues around loss of identity, low mood and anxiety after having a baby. Our Ethics team and Therapy Today readers consider this month’s dilemma. Therapy Today, September 2023

Season's greetings from all of us at BACP!

Open article: Alba Carod writes about how working with astrology and dream symbols can offer clients a symbolic path to transformation. Thresholds, July 2026.

Your feedback on Therapy Today articles. Therapy Today, February 2023

If we want to support our clients to think about their relationship with food, we should perhaps first explore our own experience of eating, writes Gerrie Hughes. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

'Anyone that describes their counselling training as easy is most likely lying. One of my best friends who I met on my training course and I used to describe the experience as the best and worst years of your life – the sentiment is still true to this today.' A conversation with Safaa Ramadan. University and College Counselling, March 2024

‘My dyslexia allows me to work more creatively with clients.’ Therapy Today, May 2023

Open article: Will mental health get the funding it needs from the new Government? Ellie Broughton reports. Therapy Today, September 2024.

We’re pleased our key policy asks are included in Lib Dem manifesto

We’ve highlighted the important role our members have in improving the mental health of the nation