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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

Our annual survey into the state of the nation's mental health

Anxious & absent: How therapists can support the rising numbers of parents dealing with emotionally based school avoidance // Supporting resettled refugees // Growing up with dual heritage // Biphobia and bi-erasure // Diagnosis as a route to care. Therapy Today, June 2025

Dr Nicole Schnackenberg discusses the use of the voice dialogue approach to explore underlying feelings of shame in clients with body dysmorphic disorder. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Janet Wilson explores the concept of religious trauma and its impact on children’s mental health and their sense of self. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Brigitte Stephenson explores the power of disability-affirmative therapy in a non-inclusive world. BACP client blogs.

View and download back issues of Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal.

There's no stronger evidence that counselling changes lives than those whose lives have been turned around. Here's your stories of how therapy has helped you.

The Department of Health in Northern Ireland launches its strategic plan to improve services

For therapists with an interest in spirituality, belief or pastoral care. The quarterly professional journal of BACP Spirituality division.