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Joining BACP CYPF links you with a large, diverse and experienced group of practitioners who are committed to furthering ethical and effective counselling and psychotherapy for children and young people.

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.

Open article: Founder of Animas Centre for Coaching, Nick Bolton, explores coaching as a lived philosophy that mirrors humanity in all its complexity. Coaching Today, July 2025.

Our members share tips to boost women’s confidence at work

In the context of a challenging employment market, driving growth in paid opportunities and bringing employers closer to our professions is a key priority for BACP.

Our experts share their thoughts on spotting signs of low self-esteem

Spring forward: Change is all around us. Plus... Change model: Insights from The University of Sheffield... Creativity in counselling: Linking therapy with art... Online counselling: A different communication

Hundreds of hours of online resources to support you with your continuing subscribed professional development. Find out more and sign up.

Open article: ‘Therapy helped me confront my anger’. Therapy Today, July-August 2025.

‘Making strategic decisions on behalf of members can be a truly complex process.' Therapy Today, March 2023