Approved progression qualification: SCoPEd framework column C competences For awarding organisations who have designed a qualification that enables students to gain competences aligned to column C of the SCoPEd framework.
Coaching competence framework and curriculum A competence framework and curriculum to develop professional standards for coaching practitioners
Online and phone therapy (OPT) competence framework, user guide and training curriculum A framework and curriculum to support training and practice in online and phone therapy (formerly telephone and e-counselling competences and curricula)
Healthcare Promoting the skills, experience and value of counsellors and psychotherapists within the NHS, while combating further marginalisation of counselling and psychotherapy, is a priority for BACP.
Campaigning for better support for child abuse and exploitation victims News Published 18 Jan 2024 We’ve joined a campaign to change the Victims and Prisoners Bill
NHS census: Employ our members to expand choice and access to therapy News Published 2 Feb 2023 Our response to the new NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Workforce Census
Loneliness About therapy What is loneliness? How can loneliness affect your mental health? Our member Siri Lewis explains how counselling can help.
Spiritually ambivalent therapist: Pain is the way out Journals Published 27 Mar 2024 José Luis Leal writes about why the injured parts of the psyche should not go unacknowledged. Thresholds, April 2024
My practice: Invisible connections Journals Published 16 Dec 2019 New research shows that isolation affects the biophysical core and wellbeing of trees as well as humans. Private Practice, December 2019
Therapists warn of dangers as children turn to AI for mental health advice Product Our new survey reveals one in five therapists reported children receiving harmful mental health advice from AI.