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'We are keen to identify training needs … and want to encourage divisional members to let us know what’s missing … we will be looking to create new ways for young people to have a voice within BACP and across the profession'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

The rise of portfolio working: Is this the key to making private practice sustainable?...plus... What you need to know about working with ADHD // Helping new client narratives take root Is therapy failing victims of domestic abuse? // Processing pandemic birth trauma

Divisional news, including updates from BACP’s CYPF Lead Jo Holmes and BACP CYPF Executive Committee Chair Emma Davies. December 2023

'When I joined the counselling service at Cardiff University, it was providing all the psychological support for students and staff. Over the next few years, the scope of the service gradually evolved to the point that several new teams have been developed to complement or complete tasks that are outside of the core therapeutic work.' A conversation with Sarah Worley-James. University and College Counselling, November 2023

Divisional news, including updates from BACP’s CYPF Lead Jo Holmes and BACP CYPF Executive Committee Chair Emma Davies. March 2024

Open article: Marilyn McGowan considers the benefits of radio-controlled cars in counselling with boys who have experienced trauma. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Counselling is fighting to hold onto its place in school-based mental health initiatives, says Marilyn McGowan. Therapy Today, November 2023

Open article: Catherine Jackson asks why counselling is still largely inaccessible to disabled people. Therapy Today, March 2022

This UK wide, expert by experience group is made up of practitioners from across the four nations who are interested in becoming more involved in our children, young people and families policy and campaign work.

Tim Bond introduces the 2018 Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions