New opportunities for CYP counsellors in Northern Ireland News Published 10 Sep 2021 A number of paid opportunities have arisen for our members to provide counselling in all primary school settings across the nation
No one size fits all News Published 5 Jan 2021 Pete English discusses the important role of school counsellors for children's mental health
Our call for Government investment in schools counselling News Published 25 Sep 2020 Our 10-point submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review calls for more investment in counselling and psychotherapy
Children need mental health catch-up when schools reopen News Published 23 Feb 2021 We’re campaigning for a paid counsellor to be available in every secondary school, academy and FE college in England
'Counselling helps students in distress access opportunities at university' News Published 6 Mar 2019 On University Mental Health Day, five BACP members talk about the counselling services they provide at universities
'If I hadn’t had counselling I wouldn’t have got through my GCSEs' News Published 21 Sep 2020 Zach talks about how counselling helped him cope after his dad died
Value of counselling discussed on national radio News Published 22 Jun 2021 Johnny Flynn and James O'Brien told listeners to BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live about their experience of therapy
Supporting positive mental health through COVID News Published 19 Nov 2020 School counsellor Jessica Gratien-McMahon tells us how she's been working with children's and her own wellbeing during the pandemic
"The need and demand for intervention is high" News Published 16 Mar 2021 Our member Rachael Nevin-Lewis shares her experience of being a school counsellor as the classrooms fill up again
Welsh Government prioritises new investment in counselling News Published 17 Jun 2021 We welcome the Welsh Government’s new Programme of Government commitments which closely mirrors our own Welsh manifesto priorities