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Open article: What is the toll of repeated exposure to death and dying on those healthcare professionals who witness it daily? Mireille Hayden is the founder of Gentle Dusk, an organisation focused on all aspects of end-of-life planning and care. BACP Workplace, January 2025.

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BACP Workplace, April 2024

Open article: An NHS Talking Therapies service piloted walk-and-talk counselling during the pandemic. It was so successful that it’s now permanently available, as Simon Davies explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2024.

Research by Kinvara Carey

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

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

'Patterns of life and work for humanitarian workers have been likened to addiction'. Therapy Today, September 2023

Bruno Condé describes a technique from transactional analysis to give clients agency over the maturing process of their inner child. Therapy Today, December 2023