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Latest from the world of healthcare. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2020

Moira Hood and Rachel Eastop are passionate about the contribution of counselling to emotional wellbeing services for young people, but it is in short supply in many areas of Scotland – particularly school-based counselling provided by specialist child and adolescent counsellors. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2018

The NHS can improve access to mental health services and boost population wellbeing by working in partnership with the local community, say Rhona Howitt, Angela Byrne and Jack Shieh. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2020

Tim Bond is leading the current review of the BACP Ethical Framework. Here he talks to Colin Feltham about the role of counselling in the human quest for moral purpose. Therapy Today, March 2014

The medicalisation of depression is now endemic in NHS therapy services. Alan Pope argues that therapists in private practice can provide something different. Therapy Today, July 2013

Counsellor, coach and psychotherapist Gill Fennings-Monkman specialises in eating disorders and addiction recovery. She describes her working model, and demonstrates why the combined coaching and counselling model is a powerful dynamic for change. Coaching Today, April 2016

Dr Marilyn McGowan uses non-fiction narrative to explore lessons learned during COVID-19 to inform the future of school counselling. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2021

Rebecca Mitchell and Sadie Cissell offer some guidelines for supporting women who might be reluctant to attend cervical smear tests. Private Practice, June 2021

Open article: Alexander Oviawe explains how racism leads to neurological and biological responses that impact on mind, mood and body. Private Practice, September 2021

Jeremy Bacon, BACP’s Older People Lead, reflects on the Association’s focus on healthy ageing. Thresholds, April 2020