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In his regular column Matthew Smith-Lilley says the recent election presents us all with the opportunity to send every MP the clear message that counselling changes lives. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2020

Read our response to a report by the National Association of Head Teachers

General Election 2017: This week will likely see the launch of the main party manifestoes. One of BACP’s asks over consecutive elections has been around school counselling.

BACP is pleased to see Theresa May’s announcement about mental health and our shared society earlier today, following the commitment she made in her first speech as Prime Minister to improving mental health and wellbeing across the UK.

General Election 2017: We have witnessed some interesting shifts in the national political psyche over the seven weeks of the General Election campaign, including an emerging cross party consensus on the need to tackle the growing mental health challenge.

We agree with Dame Rachel de Souza that school children should have access to a counsellor

Sign our petition calling for an emergency resilience fund to pay for vital counselling provision now

We respond to the inquiry on the implementation of the UK Government’s Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.

General Election 2017: The Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto today, Wednesday 17 May, with several mental health pledges.

Regular column from Zubeida Ali. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2015