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Our professional conduct procedure provides an open and transparent way for clients or other members to raise complaints against a BACP member

Our members share the emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis, the impact it has on families, and how therapy can help

I suspect my long-term client is having an affair with a new client's husband - what should I do? Therapy Today, February 2024

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Open article: What might be possible if only we said 'no'? The art and science of saying 'no' is a topic that intrigues Nicola Neath. She explores why so many of us struggle to say ‘no’ at work and how therapists can best support our clients (and ourselves) to use that two-lettered word more easily. BACP Workplace, October 2024.

If you’ve been wondering whether writing an article for BACP Workplace is for you, Editor, Nicola Banning answers the questions that she is most often asked by therapists who are thinking about taking that first step. BACP Workplace, April 2024

Anxiety is the appropriate response to any relationship tension, given that relationships are so fundamental to our survival, writes Jenny Collard. Private Practice, December 2023

What are the issues that you are facing in your client work? Q&A is your chance to ask for advice about your workplace concerns and dilemmas. BACP Workplace, January 2024

Christopher Steed sets out a therapeutic model rooted in a person’s need for relationship, embodied experience, meaning and agency. Thresholds, April 2023