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Matt Smith-Lilley focuses on the health and care sector, giving his insights into current challenges with an eye on the future: Insights from BACP's Policy team. BACP staff blog

‘Making strategic decisions on behalf of members can be a truly complex process.' Therapy Today, March 2023

BACP welcomes the Education and Health and Social Care Committees' damning response to the Government's green paper on Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision

Open article: ‘Group therapy taught me how to trust myself and others’. Therapy Today, September 2025.

‘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

Alistair Ross reflects on the spiritual meaning of darkness. Thresholds, April 2024

Find out about risk-taking, how it manifests and when it’s time to seek therapy

We believe 730,000 children a year will still not receive adequate support

We’ve been nominated for our member eBulletin and two campaigns

Letesia Gibson asks: at a time of trauma and crisis, how should ethical leaders respond? BACP Workplace, January 2024