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Joshua Fletcher argues that openness about one’s own struggles with anxiety isn’t a weakness but a source of strength. Private Practice, December 2023

Open article: Trainee therapist, Ruqaiyyah Najib calls for the therapy profession to prioritise culturally competent training. Thresholds, October 2024.

Open article: Lowri Dowthwaite writes about an innovative project that focuses on increasing wellbeing and happiness among IAPT staff. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2016

Open article: Is it time to finally let go of the idea that effective therapy always means weekly 50-minute sessions? asks Sally Brown. Therapy Today, February 2023

Jonny Ward is a therapist, a first responder, and watch manager for the Fire and Rescue Service, who is also known as The Anxious Firefighter. Bringing 16 years of experience in the fire service, he talks to Nicola Banning about his work educating others, and what he hopes to bring to the BACP Workplace division as he joins the Executive Committee. BACP Workplace, October 2023

Samantha Johnson examines the power of the transitional object as she reflects on her supervisor’s grief, and on grieving for her supervisor. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Open article: The suicide of an employee can have far-reaching consequences for colleagues, managers, the employer and the community. Sue Christy makes the case for better suicide postvention and explains why taking the right steps in the golden hours after a suicide can help to reduce further traumatisation and supports healing and recovery in the workforce. BACP Workplace, January 2024

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.

Sarah Edge describes how therapy provided a place for a client to process the trauma of giving birth during the pandemic. Therapy Today, March 2024

Anne explores Life after lockdown: How Ireland’s cocooners adjusted to a post-pandemic world. BACP Member blogs.