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How we uphold high standards of proficiency and ethical practice within the counselling professions.

An invitation to tender to deliver an independent evaluation of our BACP-funded community counselling project.

Answers to the most commonly asked questions about SCoPEd

Rakhi Chand explores racially minoritised women, misogynoir and the emotional and psychic costs of leadership. BACP member blogs.

Featuring 'People Not Pathology: freeing therapy from the medical model', Pete Sanders and Janet Tolan (eds); 'Madness at the Movies: understanding mental illness through film', James Charmey(Johns Hopkins University Press); 'The Mystery of Emotions: seeking a theory of what we feel', RD Hinshelwood (Phoenix); 'Music Psychotherapy and Anxiety: social, community and clinical contexts', Rebecca Zarate(Jessica Kingsley Publishers); 'Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research', Sofie Bager-Charleson and Alistair McBeath; 'Man Kind: tools for mental health, well-being, and modernizing masculinity', Zachary Gerdes. Therapy Today, November 2023

Christopher Steed sets out a therapeutic model rooted in a person’s need for relationship, embodied experience, meaning and agency. Thresholds, April 2023

We sometimes ask you to give us information about yourself and your family so we can make sure you receive the appropriate services. This policy explains what happens with this information.

Open article: Therapy can help clients recognise the unexpected ways trauma shows up in their lives, says Philippa Smethurst. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.

Promoting the importance of early intervention and access to timely psychological therapies for children, young people and families is a priority for BACP.

We’re re-opening our equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) mentoring scheme for student members and trainees.