Search BACP

News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, December 2023

The impossible dilemma: When seeking safety is dangerous. Plus: Different, not deficient // Killing the Buddha // Reasons to be cheerful // The only child in therapy

Open article: A flexible, compassionate approach is crucial to making headway with this tricky condition, but recovery is possible, says Kitty Newman. Therapy Today, May 2025.

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.

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.

Menopause affects half the working population. As a menopause coach, I feel it’s important that my clients are aware of the impact it can have on them, and that they don’t have to just ‘put up with it’. Coaching Today, April 2024.

Good Practice in Action legal resource on GDPR, record keeping and confidentiality. Last reviewed May 2025. PDF download

We asked our members what stress is, why it happens and what you can do to help.

Open article: With the launch of a competence framework for dual-trained practitioners, the future looks bright for therapeutic coaching, says Catherine Jackson. Therapy Today, March 2023

‘This is the time for us to stand together and embrace the challenges and opportunities in the years ahead.’ Therapy Today, February 2023