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'We know that the important role coaching has to play in mental wellbeing is being increasingly recognised within the mental health industry, and more widely across the public and private sector' Regular column by Lucy Myers. Coaching Today, October 2023

In her blog, Natasha-Rae Adams explores the power of building connections in therapy, fostering growth and knowledge within the supportive therapist community. BACP Communities of Practice blogs

BACP statement on reparative or conversion therapy

Our BACP president Lynne Gabriel explores the impact of Labour’s historic victory on counselling and psychotherapy. BACP staff blog

Just over a year ago, Juliette Moxham wrote an article for BACP Workplace about why she stepped back from being a headteacher of a primary school in Gloucestershire to retrain as a counsellor. Now a newly qualified counsellor, she is working with the public sector workforce and establishing her private practice. She talks to Nicola Banning about finishing her training and starting out in the profession. BACP Workplace, January 2024

'I ask them questions such as, what is it like for you to have a counsellor of a similar/different age to you?' Regular column by Manaal Mulla. Thresholds, January 2023

We've joined our partners Citizens UK and others to issue a joint statement for Children's Mental Health Week

Good Practice in Action clinical reflections for practice resource. Last reviewed April 2024. PDF download

Alan Phillips, Vishakha Tripathi and Charlotte Tomlinson explore how genetic counsellors and therapeutic counsellors can work together with individuals referred for testing for inheritable diseases. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2016