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Dig deep: the benefits of gardening. Plus... Head space: Therapists can work effectively with clients who have a psychiatric diagnosis // All change: Why we need a deeper understanding of menopause in the therapy room // Skin test:  The impact of skin conditions such as eczema on our mental wellbeing

Food for the future - Nourishment and its therapeutic value... Spiritual identity - Reflective exercises for practitioners... Epilepsy and the transpersonal - Research into anomalous experiences

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.

Artistic and therapeutic practice are twinned in important ways, sharing sensibilities and techniques aimed at making use of what Winnicott called the ‘potential space’, required for human development. For Dominic McLoughlin, creativity is at the heart of the work, allowing for an emphasis on difference, and active meaning-making between the therapeutic couple. University and College Counselling, March 2023

Open article: Having received a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), coach, trainer and supervisor Nishe Patel talks to Diane Parker about the impact her diagnosis is having on her life and work, exploring the challenges as well as the gifts it presents. Coaching Today, April 2023

'Anyone that describes their counselling training as easy is most likely lying. One of my best friends who I met on my training course and I used to describe the experience as the best and worst years of your life – the sentiment is still true to this today.' A conversation with Safaa Ramadan. University and College Counselling, March 2024

Displaced by war - working with refugees... The complexities of forgiveness - alternatives to revenge... Sharing surfaces - floor-based somatic therapy

Mindfulness and the lifeworld - Spirituality in outdoor meditation... Sand work for wellbeing - Experiential movement practices... Deep mapping - The healing potential of place

In The Gift of Sensitivity – The extraordinary power of emotional engagement in life and work, author and advocate for human emotional potential, Elena Amber offers new perspectives on what it means to be a human in an age of AI. She talks to Nicola Banning about her research, how she came to write her book, and why the world needs our hidden gifts of sensitivity more than ever. BACP Workplace, April 2024.

A suite of presentations, panel discussions and member experience interviews to help you understand, undertake and use research to inform your practice.