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A showcase of recent research projects in counselling and psychotherapy. BACP Research Conference 2022

We’ve responded to a new Work and Pensions Committee report

Open article: Emily Alter explores the role of social media in young people’s self-diagnosis, and as a gateway to therapy. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2025.

Meet our executive and share their vision for the division.

We’re evaluating Scotland’s school counselling programme

The SCoPEd framework is a ground-breaking shared standards framework, developed by six Professional Standards Authority accredited bodies, including BACP, which represent over 75,000 counsellors and psychotherapists

Our professional conduct procedure provides an open and transparent way for clients or other members to raise complaints against a BACP member

When therapy causes harm. The truth behind the headlines // Rewinding trauma // Shame in motherhood // Keeping children safe // Update on the Ethical Framework review. Therapy Today, April 2025

Confrontation with death - Existentialism and post-traumatic growth // Extraordinary awakenings - Transcendental transformations // Healing generational trauma - The power of connection.

Open article: Dixon Chibanda shares an excerpt from his book about harnessing the wisdom of grandmothers to deliver therapeutic healing. Thresholds, July 2025.