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Time to flex? Thinking beyond the weekly 50-minute therapy session... plus What we can learn from resilient clients... How to talk about sex in the therapy room... Do we have to change supervisor?.. Pete Sanders on resisting medicalisation

This systematic review aims to add to the substantive knowledge base by updating the literature on the impact of psychosocial interventions for older adult carers and carers of people with dementia published between 2005 and 2011. PDF download.

Research overview based on searches of PubMed, Psychinfo and NHS Evidence from 2000 onwards in relation to counselling and psychological therapies for depression in and around pregnancy. PDF download.

Open article: Penelope Campling draws on her experience with frontline clinicians in the NHS to suggest how we can offer psychological support to healthcare workers. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Open article: Recent years have seen a marked increase in digital coaching platforms, many engaging thousands of coaches and becoming billion-dollar businesses. Industry insiders Professor Jonathan Passmore and Dr David Tee explore this new market, offering insights on the leading providers and advice for coaches and therapists choosing a platform. Coaching Today, July 2023

Reclaiming identity... Building trust... Analogies in therapy

Nicola Banning talks to Laura Clifford-Jones about what it takes to run a successful therapy business, the skills and qualities that she looks for in her team of therapists and what’s next on her horizon. BACP Workplace, January 2023

Samoon Tasmim reflects on the dialogues that led to his academic collaborator, Andrzej Jastrzębski, writing a holistic model for integrating spirituality in counselling, and his subsequent experience of piloting his colleague’s model with clients. Thresholds, January 2023

Coach, therapist and supervisor Ruth Galloway-Kirkland is curious about the difference in energy levels she experiences after counselling and coaching, and embarks on a quest to explore why this might be. Coaching Today, October 2023

Open article: Uma Thomas draws on her experience of working with people who are dying to encourage us to consider some of the complexities and rewards of counselling clients at the end of life. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023