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There is much to be learned by looking beyond the myth of the all-loving mother and exploring the taboo of maternal hatred, says Julia Vaughan Smith. Therapy Today, April 2024

'As Chair of HUCS, I have been privileged to be invited to join a number of networks, committees and more recently, the Department for Education’s Higher Education Mental Health Implementation taskforce' University and College Counselling, March 2024

‘My therapist led me along the winding and rocky path out of grief’. Therapy Today, December 2023

Our latest Public Perceptions Survey gives a glimpse into men and women’s thoughts on and experiences of therapy

AI at work: Am I still needed? Also in this issue: The interview: My workplace // Research: The hidden cost of embitterment at work // Practice: Teaching: signposting skills // The impact of AI on people at work. BACP Workplace, April 2026.

NHS workers: how therapy can help. Plus... Stroke patients: Working with the psychological effects of stroke... Psychiatric ward: What it’s like to be admitted, by a former patient... Food stories: Why we need to explore our experience of eating.

BACP accreditation is the mark of a high quality, professional practitioner training course. It guarantees a standard of training accepted for BACP membership, registration and accreditation. Our course accreditation scheme is temporarily closed and we’re not accepting any new applications at this time.

BACP’s work to protect the public and to maintain public confidence in the profession is at the heart of everything we do.

Our member Rachael Nevin-Lewis shares her experience of being a school counsellor as the classrooms fill up again

Our strategy includes six objectives to support members and change the lives of more people and communities