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

Lisa Holley asks for counsellors to have the opportunity to be able to help children process and understand their changing lives

Open article: ‘Counselling helped me process my trauma and write my memoir’. Therapy Today, June 2025.

Open article: ‘Therapy brought me closer to my mum’. Therapy Today, October 2025.

Joanna Holmes reflects on five years leading BACP’s CYPF policy work, UK achievements, and her new focus on safeguarding. BACP staff blogs.

We’ve responded to the independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism

Our thoughts are with all those affected by the racist violence taking place across the UK.

I find it helpful to borrow from my approach in counselling, and I ask myself – What do I have control and influence over to ensure that my team feel valued and supported? BACP Workplace, January 2024

"I joined BACP to be the change that I wanted to see and I’m excited for the journey ahead."

We welcome the universities minister’s call for vice-chancellors to prioritise student mental health and take sustained and serious leadership on the issue