Are we taking care of the care sector? Journals Published 9 Apr 2025 Open article: Working in social care is notoriously physically and emotionally demanding, poorly paid and involves long hours. BACP research fellow Jenny O'Donnell shines a light on this often overlooked workforce. BACP Workplace, April 2025.
Q&A Journals Published 12 Jan 2024 What are the issues that you are facing in your client work? Q&A is your chance to ask for advice about your workplace concerns and dilemmas. BACP Workplace, January 2024
Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023 Journals Published 20 Oct 2023 Let's talk about death and dying Plus... Muslim identities: Understanding mental health in Muslim communities... Held hostage: The metaphor of a kidnapper can help clients with OCD... Delusion and reality: How to work with the beliefs of a psychotic patient
Two heads are better than one? Journals Published 23 Nov 2023 Val Watson of BACP Coaching division talks to higher education consultant and integrated coach-therapist, Géraldine Dufour, about how a coaching approach in university counselling is benefitting students’ mental health. University and College Counselling, November 2023
Conversations with shame Journals Published 26 Apr 2024 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.
Books: Revolting Women: why midlife women are walking out and what to do about it Journals Published 12 Jan 2024 In Revolting Women: why midlife women are walking out and what to do about it, author and leadership coach Dr Lucy Ryan exposes the mass exodus of talent, experience and wisdom from corporate life as women over the age of 50 leave in their droves. She talks to Nicola Banning about her research, how she came to write her book, and identifies the steps that employers can take to reverse this costly trend. BACP Workplace, January 2024
Reviews Journals Published 3 Mar 2023 Featuring 'Supporting Young People Through Everyday Chaos', N Luxmoore; 'Emerging Adults in Therapy', eds Z Kahn and J Martinez, and 'The CWP and EMHP Handbook', H Miller. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023
Killing the Buddha Journals Published 31 Aug 2023 David Cook states the case that it is in young clients’ best interests not to perceive school counsellors as wise and powerful people with specialist knowledge. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023
Conversations: How are you working? Journals Published 13 Jan 2023 After the upheaval to our working practices since the first lockdown in March 2020, Jane Moffett considers what we have learnt and what it means for the future of work. BACP Workplace, January 2023
Therapy Today, June 2023 Are you GSRD competent? Ethical working with gender, sexual and relationship diversity... plus... Understanding the impact of minority stress... Relationship anarchy in the therapy room... Myth-busting the risks of affirmative care... When emotional disturbance presents as physical illness.