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A greater understanding of Muslim communities and their beliefs could help practitioners to support Britain’s largest religious minority group, writes Dr Asma Shahin Khan. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Open article: More people are choosing to stay unpartnered, and it’s time we ditch the stigma and start to understand the lived experiences of singletons beyond the context of dating, says Suzy Walker. Therapy Today, May 2025.

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.

Our Ethics team and Therapy Today readers consider this month’s dilemma. Therapy Today, February 2023

Lack of specialist training means that people who have experienced domestic abuse have poor experiences within general counselling, says Jeannette Roddy. Therapy Today, March 2024

Adoption isn’t a happy ever after for all families and children, but parents are still more likely to feel blamed than helped, says Alison Roy. Therapy Today, April 2024

The meaning of words used within the Ethical Guidelines for Research in the Counselling Professions

Edith Bell, Sarah Pacelli and Sarah Edwards share how they have adjusted to counselling through lockdown and beyond. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2020

Open article: The suicide of an employee can have far-reaching consequences for colleagues, managers, the employer and the community. Sue Christy makes the case for better suicide postvention and explains why taking the right steps in the golden hours after a suicide can help to reduce further traumatisation and supports healing and recovery in the workforce. BACP Workplace, January 2024

Our profession rightly demands that we are to be accountable and maintain certain standards for the safety of our clients and ourselves, writes Jude Adcock. Private Practice, June 2020