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Open article: ‘I could finally let go of thinking I was a strong man’. Therapy Today, September 2023

Open article: Faith Holloway explains why the Compassionate Employers programme, run by Hospice UK, is inviting employers to step up and face one of the last taboos. BACP Workplace, April 2023

Some people feel such a strong compulsion to help others that they are unable to acknowledge their own needs. Jess Baker and Rod Vincent call it super-helper syndrome – and therapists are particularly prone. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023

We support recommendations by Children’s Commissioner following report revealing lengthening waiting times

Sarah Millward explores the ethical considerations involved in psychotherapy, and the steps therapists can take to ensure the best possible care for their clients. BACP Get help with counselling concerns blog

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Open article: We don’t like to talk about endings or goodbyes at work. But executive leadership coaches, Lizzie Bentley Bowers and Alison Lucas and authors of Good Bye: leading change better by attending to endings, think we need to get better at it.

This resource considers some of the complaints we've received around boundaries and explores their implications for practice

Open article: ‘Therapy helped me climb out of the black hole of depression’. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.

Our members provide tips on managing the stress of school summer holidays