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A collaborative study with university and college counselling services to create a shared routine outcomes database and build evidence for the sector

At Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust, an acute hospital, a pilot training was designed to helpline managers support healthcare professionals with their mental health. The authors, Simon Pestell, Sarah Markham, Teresa Jennings, Kerri Featherstone and Gail Richardson share their findings. BACP Workplace, October 2023

Helping clients with a lifelimiting diagnosis consider death and ways to approach dying is a privilege, says Jenny England. Therapy Today, May 2023

Developing anti-oppressive and inclusive practice in counselling and psychotherapy training using the race and ethnicity toolkit, which has been commissioned by the Coalition for Inclusion and Anti-Oppressive Practice.

Our members reflect on latest NHS data

Read the key findings in our BACP workforce mapping survey

Many people took up gardening during the pandemic to support their psychological wellbeing. Mike Morgan wonders whether it could be a creative response to our mental health crisis. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023

Open article: Jack Lynch from LGBT+ educational resource provider Pop‘n’Olly asks: Why does LGBT bullying happen and what can we do to make our counselling spaces safe, LGBT+ inclusive environments? BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2024.

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We welcome the universities minister’s call for vice-chancellors to prioritise student mental health and take sustained and serious leadership on the issue