BACP wins double silver at Association Excellence Awards News Published 11 Nov 2024 We were awarded silver in the Best Lobbying Campaign and Best Awareness Campaign categories
Competence News Published 20 May 2024 Sarah Millward explores the ethical considerations involved in psychotherapy, and the steps therapists can take to ensure the best possible care for their clients. BACP Get help with counselling concerns blog
Death and dying at work Journals Published 13 Apr 2023 Open article: Faith Holloway explains why the Compassionate Employers programme, run by Hospice UK, is inviting employers to step up and face one of the last taboos. BACP Workplace, April 2023
Time to say ‘goodbye' the grace and grief of endings at work Journals Published 8 Jan 2026 Open article: We don’t like to talk about endings or goodbyes at work. But executive leadership coaches, Lizzie Bentley Bowers and Alison Lucas and authors of Good Bye: leading change better by attending to endings, think we need to get better at it.
Are you a compulsive helper? Journals Published 20 Jan 2023 Some people feel such a strong compulsion to help others that they are unable to acknowledge their own needs. Jess Baker and Rod Vincent call it super-helper syndrome – and therapists are particularly prone. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023
Message from the Chair: Notice what is good and say it Journals Published 15 Apr 2020 "I find that a useful early focus in a coaching programme is to look with the client at their strengths, and I usually do this using values in action resources." Coaching Today, April 2020
Crisis in children and young people’s mental healthcare News Published 15 Mar 2024 We support recommendations by Children’s Commissioner following report revealing lengthening waiting times
New Government funding for early intervention mental health hubs for children and young people Funded counselling provision will be part of this offer
Our response to social media comments made about BACP News Published 31 Oct 2023 We’ve engaged a specialist external company to assess the validity of social media statements