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Our members give tips on how to keep positive through the most depressing month of the year

Online communities can raise awareness of mental health issues. But generalised messages often fail to address the complexity of individual experiences, writes Andrew Reeves. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Feeling the clientʼs pain. Plus... Trauma work: Helping clients recover from traumatic events... Head space: Support for families of brain injury survivors... Mind’s eye: Meeting the needs of clients with aphantasia

Confrontation with death - Existentialism and post-traumatic growth // Extraordinary awakenings - Transcendental transformations // Healing generational trauma - The power of connection.

Dig deep: the benefits of gardening. Plus... Head space: Therapists can work effectively with clients who have a psychiatric diagnosis // All change: Why we need a deeper understanding of menopause in the therapy room // Skin test:  The impact of skin conditions such as eczema on our mental wellbeing

We explain some of the key terms and concepts you may hear if you're considering or having therapy

The ethics of integration: What this means for our profession. Plus... Are our clients ready for coaching?  Psychometrics: the art and science of interpretation. The power of language and metaphor. Coaching Today, April 2025

A map for the journey. Plus: Out of office: the magic of coaching with nature // Research digest: coach and counsellor burnout // Practice: health and wellbeing coaching

Chairs of two groups that represent university counsellors have shared their insight

Erik de Haan asks: what can artificial intelligence offer the profoundly human practice of coaching? Coaching Today, April 2024.