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What happens when you book a Certificate of Proficiency assessment and what you need to do

Opportunity with BACP: We're looking for community champions to support our Communities of Practice discussion forum.

Embracing authenticity: How Bluey illustrates the paradoxical theory of change in parenting and counselling. BACP member blogs. BACP student blogs

We’ve shared a statement about the resignation of a member of our Board

Open article: What might be possible if only we said 'no'? The art and science of saying 'no' is a topic that intrigues Nicola Neath. She explores why so many of us struggle to say ‘no’ at work and how therapists can best support our clients (and ourselves) to use that two-lettered word more easily. BACP Workplace, October 2024.

In our latest blog supporting our children and young people’s mental health green paper campaign, we're focusing on the importance of evidence in policy development.

Catherine Havard argues that embodied knowing is the key to managing dual relationships with clients in a small community. Therapy Today, September 2023

Can Scottish university counselling services cope with the increasing demand for mental health support? University and College Counselling, May 2023

"...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

An exploration of client views and processes of change. This study presents six case studies looking at the everyday experiences, expectations and experiences of therapy, and the impact of therapy on the lives of carers of people with dementia. PDF download.