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Together with the New Statesman, we hosted a roundtable event to discuss the future of mental health within the NHS in England

The IAPT model dominates mental health services in England. Elizabeth Cotton argues that the model is flawed and downgrades therapy. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2020

Angela Keane explores inequalities in the provision of school-based counselling in England. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2020

Open article: Steve West describes how the Universities UK Framework came into being, and how it is being worked out at the University of the West of England. University and College Counselling, May 2018

With almost one in four adults in England classified as obese, what is needed is a better understanding of the issues underpinning compulsive eating and some targeted psychological help. Therapy Today, July 2009

"What was very apparent to me ... was the difference in the work within the counselling field in England, where IAPT operates, and in Scotland, where it does not." Regular column from Satinder Panesar. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2019

Sue Pattison and Maggie Robson, joint Chairs of BACP Children, Young People and Families division, ask you to support our campaign for a paid counsellor in every secondary school, academy and FE college in England

Steve Mulligan, Four Nations Policy & Engagement Lead at BACP, shares the progress he has made during his first year in this new role for the Association, with a particular focus on work to influence the CYP agenda across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2018

A 2007 survey of people in England over the age of 16 found that 6.4% of adults had a problem with food. With specialist treatment variable and inadequate in most areas, an increasing number of clients with eating disorders are likely to present to therapists in private practice. By Julia Bueno. Private Practice, Spring 2012

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