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This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of psychological interventions within women's centres to identify any areas for development in services and to increase awareness of the needs of women who access them. PDF download.

This systematic review aims to add to the substantive knowledge base by updating the literature on the impact of psychosocial interventions for older adult carers and carers of people with dementia published between 2005 and 2011. PDF download.

Research overview based on searches of PubMed, Psychinfo and NHS Evidence from 2000 onwards in relation to counselling and psychological therapies for depression in and around pregnancy. PDF download.

Our accreditation routes recognise the wide variety of training pathways by which our members enter the profession and then continue to develop post-qualification.

Open article: Therapy can help clients recognise the unexpected ways trauma shows up in their lives, says Philippa Smethurst. Therapy Today, December 2024/January 2025.

Good Practice in Action fact sheet. Last reviewed May 2024. PDF download

Single by choice. Dispelling the myth that all people are better off partnered // Body dysmorphic disorder // Honour-based violence // Trauma and the menstrual cycle // Fathers grieving baby loss. Therapy Today, May 2025

The truth about ‘Generation Anxiety’... What’s really undermining the mental health of young people? // The ethics of turning down clients // Breaking the shame-rage cycle // Couples therapy for addiction // Are psychedelics really risk-free?

Time to dump the 'dustbin diagnosis'? The pros and cons of a BPD label // Working with intrusive thoughts // Navigating family estrangement // When trauma hides in plain sight // Neurodivergence in the other chair. December 2024/January 2025

Black women & birth trauma... Why postnatal PTSD still goes unrecognised // Working with black queer men // Helping a client let go with love // Compassionate race conversations // Are placements fit for purpose?