Spring Budget ‘another lost opportunity to invest in nation’s mental health’ News Published 7 Mar 2024 Our response to Spring Budget
Domestic abuse is driving a mental health crisis - and recovery is being ignored News Published 5 Mar 2026 Psychotherapist Laura McCarthy explores domestic abuse and the mental health crisis: why Recovery is being overlooked. BACP member blogs.
Third Sector Report and Campaign Policy Published 22 Sep 2026 Updated 14 Oct 2026 Investment in early-intervention and prevention: Addressing the unequal partnership between third sector counselling services and the NHS.
It changed my life Journals Published 20 Mar 2026 Open article: ‘Therapy freed me from survivor’s guilt’. Therapy Today, April 2026.
Why we engage across the political spectrum News Published 8 Sep 2026 Ben Kay looks at our work with political parties across Britain. BACP staff blogs.
News and resources Journals Published 4 Mar 2024 A summary of current issues and opportunities in our sector. University and College Counselling, March 2024
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions shows deep lack of consideration for mental health News Published 25 Mar 2024 Our response to Mel Stride’s potentially damaging comments
Honest and curious Journals Published 30 Nov 2023 Kate Saunders shares the ways that being honest and curious about sex can open up conversations in the counselling room. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023
National census ‘shines a light’ on mental health funding neglect in schools News Published 11 Sep 2025 Our response to Children’s Commissioner’s landmark census of school leaders in England