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A competence framework and curriculum to develop professional standards for coaching practitioners

We support recommendations by Children’s Commissioner following report revealing lengthening waiting times

A framework and curriculum to support training and practice in online and phone therapy (formerly telephone and e-counselling competences and curricula)

A competence framework to recognise and support the roles of workplace counsellors and enhance professional standards

Open article: Why is the issue of workplace bullying still not taken seriously enough? Sonia Stojanovic has worked for the Civil Service for 25 years and shares her research from in-depth interviews with members of staff who have experienced it. BACP Workplace, July 2024

'Our review summary is that we’re proud to have made strong progress in our ‘Informing’ and ‘Connecting’ strategic pillars.' Coaching Today, April 2024

A fair slice... Will mental health get the funding it needs from the new Government? // Working with suspected coercive control // Do you allow enough silence in the room? // Success strategies for private practice // Why self-exploration is not just for trainees

‘That’s so gay!’: Why does LGBT bullying happen and what can we do to make our counselling spaces safe, LGBT+ inclusive environments? // Throw of the dice // Gloriously unready // More doing, less being // Under the eyes of a thousand stars...

Beyond the scroll: therapy in the age of TikTok. The role of social media in young people’s self-diagnosis, and as a gateway to therapy... Plus: Language matters... Pride as a verb... The safeguarding tightrope... Daring to be funny. BACP Children, Young People & Familes, June 2025.

A pathway to private practice: Setting up, developing and maintaining a career in counselling. Plus... Loneliness: society’s most pressing issue... Therapists who self-harm... Setting up in practice outside the UK. Private Practice, March 2025