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Videos, FAQs and resources to support members in working with this section of the Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions

How music heals. Plus... Body dysmorphia: Exploring the client's underlying feelings of shame... Transgender lives: Is hostility creeping into the therapy room?... Risk awareness: The impact of social media on our mental health

Circles of influence. Plus: Perspectives: a coach-therapist’s energy quest, Research: evidence for the effectiveness of coaching and Practice: an integrated model for navigating change

Jonny Ward is a therapist, a first responder, and watch manager for the Fire and Rescue Service, who is also known as The Anxious Firefighter. Bringing 16 years of experience in the fire service, he talks to Nicola Banning about his work educating others, and what he hopes to bring to the BACP Workplace division as he joins the Executive Committee. BACP Workplace, October 2023

A showcase of recent research projects in counselling and psychotherapy. BACP Research Conference 2021

A showcase of recent research projects in counselling and psychotherapy from our 2020 Research Conference

Our accreditation routes recognise the wide variety of training pathways by which our members enter the profession and then continue to develop post-qualification.

We’re pleased some of our key policy asks are included, but gaps are likely to remain in services

Chairs of two groups that represent university counsellors have shared their insight

Open article: We have an ethical responsibility to address systemic prejudice and discrimination, including monoracism, wherever it appears, advocates Mary-Claire Wilson. Private Practice, September 2025.