Loneliness impacting majority of young people’s mental health News Published 20 Jun 2025 Loneliness affects 16 to 25-year-old’s mental health more than any other age group
Tackling rise in mental health issues requires ‘bold action now’ News Published 30 Jun 2025 We’ve responded to latest NHS data on mental health
BACP events We organise professional conferences, CPD events and networking opportunities around the UK and online, covering many different aspects of counselling and psychotherapy.
Are autistic clients best served by autistic therapists? News Published 27 Aug 2025 Exploring the risk of inadvertent harm to autistic clients, and why I’m advocating for systemic change. BACP Member blogs.
Telling stories Journals Published 29 Feb 2024 Sue Steer shares the ways she uses both traditional and creative methods to help children tell their stories. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.
Viewpoint: Change for the better Journals Published 21 Jul 2023 'Our clients usually come to us because they want something to change. It might be their outlook, their responses or their self-perception’ Regular column from Judy Stafford. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023
My practice Journals Published 9 Jun 2023 Therapists must be wary of pressing their point of view about what’s going on in someone’s life in ways that could be experienced… as overbearing…' Regular column by Sarah Van Gogh. Private Practice, June 2023
Third person: Counselling services for vulnerable communities Journals Published 20 Jan 2023 'Work is underway to transform community mental health services.' Regular column from Toby Sweet. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023
Self-acknowledged strengths and limitations of counsellors and CBT therapists News Published 10 May 2022 Poster presentation by Professor Thomas Schroder and Soumya Choudhary
Why are adult friendships so hard? News Published 29 Oct 2025 One in five therapists say they’ve seen an increase in clients talking about friendship issues