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"...empowering identifications with peers can help a young person to forge new connections beyond the inevitable hierarchies of their relationships with adults." Regular column from Lucy-Jean Lloyd. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Artistic and therapeutic practice are twinned in important ways, sharing sensibilities and techniques aimed at making use of what Winnicott called the ‘potential space’, required for human development. For Dominic McLoughlin, creativity is at the heart of the work, allowing for an emphasis on difference, and active meaning-making between the therapeutic couple. University and College Counselling, March 2023

'…we need to be active in examining the state of the supervisory relationship and undertake regular reviews to ascertain its health'. Regular column from Mish Seabrook. Private Practice, March 2023

'...a lot of us still struggle with accepting that many things can be in opposition at the same time'. Regular column by Sarah Van Gogh. Private Practice, March 2023

'I support supervisees to write a new clinical will or update an existing one, and encourage them to consider their priorities and preferences for pausing practice'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Featuring 'Supporting Young People Through Everyday Chaos', N Luxmoore; 'Emerging Adults in Therapy', eds Z Kahn and J Martinez, and 'The CWP and EMHP Handbook', H Miller. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

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Samantha Johnson examines the power of the transitional object as she reflects on her supervisor’s grief, and on grieving for her supervisor. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Open article: Helen Axelby and Krystyna Shkandrii share their innovative way of using play therapy with young Ukrainian refugees within the Ukraine Therapy Project team at the Refugee Council in Sheffield. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Open article: Scaling up work as a sole practitioner has always been a challenge. Sally Brown talks to some of the innovative practitioners using portfolio working to build a full-time income from therapy. Therapy Today, March 2024