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Find out how counselling works, what therapists do and what happens in a therapy session.

Videos, FAQs and resources to support members in working with this section of the Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions

The Liberal Democrats have written to the Chancellor calling for counselling provision in secondary schools in England

Open article: Dr Sonya Kurzweil integrates a range of therapeutic models in her guidelines for creating positive endings in child therapy. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2025.

We’re campaigning for a paid counsellor to be in every secondary school, academy and FE college in England

Have your say on counselling and psychotherapy in the NHS

We’re committed to ensuring all our events are accessible in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), whether you’re attending an event online or in person, as a delegate or a presenter

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.

Jeanine Connor revisits an article, first published in this journal in 2011, in which she examined the impact on children of exposure to sex and violence online and in the home. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Good Practice in Action research overview on ethical decision making. Last reviewed September 2018. PDF download