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

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

'BACP has been invited to sit on a number of working groups.' Regular column from Matt Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2021

‘People who are stuck on waiting lists or unable to access care need urgent action, not more delays and empty promises’. Regular column from Matthew Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023

Natalie Bailey says counsellors are ready to provide desperately-needed support

New figures underline importance of our school counselling campaign, says our CYPF Lead

NHS Digital data shows alarming increase in number of children and young people waiting for therapy

Having supplied written evidence to the House of Commons Health and Education Inquiry - Children and Young People's Mental Health - the role of Education - in February, we welcome the report and its recommendations.

Government backs our call to amend law to protect sexual assault survivors' counselling notes during criminal investigations

Our statement in response to the NHS announcement