Government must act now to avoid children and young people's mental health crisis News Published 5 Feb 2025 We support mental health charities' research based call for urgent Government action on children and young people’s mental health services
Menopause About therapy The menopause can bring with it significant physical and psychological changes and take its toll on women’s mental health. Our members Emma Cullinan and Michèle Down look at how therapy can help.
When our clients leave: The loss we don’t talk about enough Angelique da Silva on the unspoken grief of endings in therapy and the marks they leave. BACP member blogs.
SCoPEd framework transition period ends, and new accreditation routes are open News Published 11 Feb 2026 13 new accreditation routes now available.
My mental health Journals Published 17 Apr 2025 Open article: Donna Taylor knows what it’s like to suffer a mental breakdown and spend time in a psychiatric hospital. She talks to the journal about her experience. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2025.
“Thank you all for an incredible five years” Research Published 5 Feb 2024 Updated 24 Dec 2025 Alwyn Li is to step down from our Board of Trustees
BACP members invited to Law Commission Q&A Have your say about new guidance on sharing therapy records in sexual offences cases
Serious concerns raised on lack of funding for NI mental health services News Published 10 Oct 2025 Our response to Mental Health Strategy funding review in Northern Ireland
From the CEO Journals Published 1 Dec 2023 ‘We’ve made progress in the work we’re doing to bring more therapists into the NHS’. Therapy Today, December 2023
Viewpoint: Change for the better Journals Published 20 Oct 2023 'A shift towards the selfish and adversarial could cause problems’ Regular column from Judy Stafford. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023