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Open article: More people are choosing to stay unpartnered, and it’s time we ditch the stigma and start to understand the lived experiences of singletons beyond the context of dating, says Suzy Walker. Therapy Today, May 2025.

Open article: Hostility towards transgender people is on the increase. Ellis J Johnson asks us to consider whether it is affecting our own therapeutic approach and practice. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

A framework and curriculum to support training and practice in online and phone therapy (formerly telephone and e-counselling competences and curricula)

Open article: Jeremy Sachs looks at the complex role that belief systems can have for male survivors of sexual abuse. Thresholds, October 2025.

Our SCoPEd transition period will open from 12 noon on Wednesday 7 February.

We welcome plans to improve UK children’s health and wellbeing

BACP takes centre stage at Health and Wellbeing at Work event to shape workplace culture, safety, health and wellbeing. BACP staff blogs

Open article: Therapists have always valued relationships, but are we really taking them seriously enough in practice? asks James Costello. Therapy Today, March 2026.

John Cowley argues that student counselling services must be delivered by trained, qualified and professionally accountable staff

How to join the BACP Register if your training course was not accredited by BACP