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An overview of the availability and client profile of step 3 therapies. This report looks at the level of choice within the IAPT programme and the demographic profile, diagnosis and number of sessions attended of clients accessing the different psychological therapies. PDF download.

In our latest blog supporting our children and young people’s mental health green paper campaign, we're focusing on the importance of evidence in policy development.

Nadia Saleem Syed writes about her father’s spiritual influence. Thresholds, April, 2024

With conscious evolution, every crisis can become an opportunity, says Yehuda Tagar. Therapy Today, February 2024

Supporting farmers’ mental health: Tackling the winter blues with BACP advocacy. BACP staff blogs

'Practitioners' wellbeing is influenced by multiple factors, and shared responsibility for service and client outcomes'. Regular column from Afra Turner. University and College Counselling, May 2023

Open article: Dwight Turner helps a trainee recognise the psychologically wounding impact of colonisation. Therapy Today, March 2025.

BACP and the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) have a connection with each other’s counsellor and psychotherapist accreditation schemes.

'Humans like to be in control and we all crave certainty. The environment in which we are finding ourselves during winter 2023 is one of almost intolerable uncertainty and helplessness.' Regular column from Sandi Mann. BACP Workplace, January 2023

Walk‑and‑talk therapy offers a restorative alternative to screen‑based, home‑working routines by combining gentle movement.