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Bringing together practitioners, researchers and trainers to develop the evidence base and improve the effectiveness of school and community based counselling services for children and young people.

'There is a deeply unhelpful myth that counselling consists of nice people saying kind things to sad people'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024

Open article: Is smartphone usage really the reason behind the rise in mental health problems in young people? Jeanine Connor explores the challenges facing Generation Z. Therapy Today, July/August 2024.

Identifying clients’ individual risk factors is key in helping them process burnout, says Francis Norton. Therapy Today, May 2023

A competence framework and training curriculum for delivering effective counselling and psychotherapy supervision practice and training

Caroline Georgiou shares her experience of moving her practice to the floor. Thresholds, January 2023

Four of our five General Election policies have been reflected in Northern Ireland party manifestos published this week

The Ethical Framework sets out the expected ethical principles, values and good practice standards for BACP members. All members commit to complying with the Ethical Framework as part of their terms and conditions of membership..

When it’s time for goodbye: Integrating a range of therapeutic models to create positive endings in child therapy... Plus: On their own terms ... Intersectionality in practice... Trans teens at the tabletop... Gender stereotypes. BACP Children, Young People & Familes, December 2025.

In the context of a challenging employment market, driving growth in paid opportunities and bringing employers closer to our professions is a key priority for BACP.