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This UK wide, expert by experience group is made up of practitioners from across the four nations who are interested in becoming more involved in our children, young people and families policy and campaign work.

Ann Holden writes that "school counsellors add significant representation in an educational setting"

‘Counselling can provide a context in which to navigate the complexities of ageing’. Therapy Today, April 2024

'I support supervisees to write a new clinical will or update an existing one, and encourage them to consider their priorities and preferences for pausing practice'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

We're committed to protecting the public by developing high quality, evidence-based standards of ethical practice for the counselling professions.

The figures are ‘encouraging’ but need to be treated with some caution

Research by James Durrant

Open article: Fee Scott warns against the risks of using casual diagnostic terms in the therapy room. Therapy Today, November 2025.

Embracing authenticity: How Bluey illustrates the paradoxical theory of change in parenting and counselling. BACP member blogs. BACP student blogs

Why feeling seen matters in LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy. BACP member blogs.