From the Chair Journals Published 1 Apr 2024 ‘The trajectory of the counselling professions is constantly being directed by political influences’ Therapy Today, May 2024
The big issue: Anxious and absent Journals Published 23 May 2025 Open article: What’s behind the rise in children not attending school, and how can therapists help? asks Heidi Scrimgeour. Therapy Today, June 2025.
Timely and appropriate services for suicide prevention BACP’s Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Karan Chhabra, explores the need for impactful services. BACP policy blogs
Government’s limited education recovery package will have “devastating impact” on children’s mental health News Published 3 Jun 2021 “Children will pay the price of this failure to fully invest in their educational recovery”
Suicide prevention resources A compilation of suicide-related presentations, articles and good practice resources for members.
Memorandum of understanding on conversion therapy in the UK The MOU (Memorandum of understanding) is a joint document signed by over 25 health, counselling and psychotherapy organsations which aims to end the practice of conversion therapy in the UK. PDF download
School counselling bill presented to Parliament News Published 27 Nov 2023 We hope this will lead to a Parliamentary debate on counselling in schools
Thank you for Healthy Happy Minds campaign support News Published 30 Mar 2023 “We’ll continue fighting for future funding and to ensure children and their families receive vital counselling support"
Exploring integrating Chinese calligraphy handwriting as a potential complementary psychological therapy for the Chinese community in the UK. A dual case study design of brief intervention of Chinese calligraphy enhanced therapy (CCET) Research Published 21 Apr 2021 Updated 15 Apr 2025 Poster presentation by Juan Du
BACP organisational member joins National Suicide Prevention Network as founding partner News Published 20 Oct 2025 The network will focus on understanding the root causes of suicide