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Therapist backed tips to help avoid the ‘compare and despair’ trap

Open article: Social media platforms open new ways for private practitioners to connect across the country, and the world, argue Caz Binstead and Nicholas Sarantakis. Private Practice, June 2025.

A quality standard for experienced, independent practitioners who can demonstrate high standards of competent and ethical practice aligned with BACP's Ethical Framework and column C of the SCoPEd framework.

Our member Louise Tyler explains why she became one of our media spokespeople and what she's gained from the role

Val Watson of BACP Coaching division talks to higher education consultant and integrated coach-therapist, Géraldine Dufour, about how a coaching approach in university counselling is benefitting students’ mental health. University and College Counselling, November 2023

For awarding organisations who have designed a qualification that enables students to gain competences aligned to column C of the SCoPEd framework.

A round-up of the latest findings and policy updates affecting CYPF. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Anxious & absent: How therapists can support the rising numbers of parents dealing with emotionally based school avoidance // Supporting resettled refugees // Growing up with dual heritage // Biphobia and bi-erasure // Diagnosis as a route to care. Therapy Today, June 2025

A recognition of prior learning (RPL) route that’s temporarily available for previous senior accredited members (awarded prior to 2023), now accredited members, who were unable to apply for our revised senior accredited membership category during the SCoPEd transition period.

Aleesha Khan urges us to address political dimensions of children’s lives in counselling to contribute to a more inclusive and equitable society. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023