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Open article: BACP’s Third Sector Lead, Jeremy Bacon, explains some of the implications for counselling and palliative care, and psychotherapist Kamalyn Kaur invites therapists to reflect on the ethical considerations. Thresholds, January 2026.

Open article: In times of turbulence, how do we support our clients when all hope seems lost? Drawing on lessons from nature, Margaret Walsh demonstrates how hope can be cultivated within the coaching relationship. Coaching Today, July 2026.

Open article: Dr Heather Sutherland shares a personal reflection on ‘mental health’ as a labelled issue of concern in UK higher education institutions. University and College Counselling, May 2024.

How music heals. Plus... Body dysmorphia: Exploring the client's underlying feelings of shame... Transgender lives: Is hostility creeping into the therapy room?... Risk awareness: The impact of social media on our mental health

Open article: Penelope Campling draws on her experience with frontline clinicians in the NHS to suggest how we can offer psychological support to healthcare workers. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Every year up to 250,000 parents divorce and separate putting a strain on wellbeing, relations and budgets. Marc Lopatin explains how lawyer-supported mediation could reduce both the emotional and financial fallout. Counselling at Work, Spring 2015

On the edge: Engaging with young people caught up in violence, chaos and exploitation...Plus: Swimming against the tide... Growing good men... Through a play lens... Language matters for trans+. BACP Children, Young People & Familes, September 2025.

Challenges, barriers, progress & hope: What's changed for black practitioners five years on from George Floyd? Reclaiming your name // Being the child of a therapist // Maternity leave as a private practitioner // Energy work in therapy. Therapy Today, October 2025

On whose authority? Power and leadership in a university counselling service. Cross-cultural counselling: Protecting staff’s sense of self... Digital distraction: Attention as a wellbeing issue... Walking the path: Class barriers in... counselling training. University and College Counselling, May 2026.

Nicola Banning talks to Laura Clifford-Jones about what it takes to run a successful therapy business, the skills and qualities that she looks for in her team of therapists and what’s next on her horizon. BACP Workplace, January 2023