Notes from Acting Chair of BACP UC and from Colleges: Experiencing significant turmoil Journals Published 1 Mar 2023 'Each new cohort of students who we welcome in September will have been affected at a different time in their emotional development...' Regular column from Mary Jones. University and College Counselling, March 2023
Children’s Mental Health Week: Our call for action News Published 6 Feb 2023 There’s never been a more important time to invest in children’s mental health
Thousands of children to miss out on help News Published 26 Jul 2018 We strongly believe the Government response to the consultation on the Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision green paper is a missed opportunity
Memorandum of understanding on conversion therapy in the UK The MOU (Memorandum of understanding) is a joint document signed by over 25 health, counselling and psychotherapy organsations which aims to end the practice of conversion therapy in the UK. PDF download
Influencing in a time of change Our BACP president Lynne Gabriel explores the impact of Labour’s historic victory on counselling and psychotherapy. BACP staff blog
Safeguarding children and young people within the counselling professions in England and Wales GPiA 031 Good practice Published 31 Jan 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource covering working with children and young people. Last reviewed July 2025. PDF download
BACP welcomes three new Vice Presidents News Published 27 Nov 2025 Our new Vice Presidents bring extensive experience in counselling, psychotherapy, equality, and public policy
Benefits of counselling and psychotherapy discussed in Westminster debate News Published 21 Mar 2023 We provided a briefing ahead of the discussion on the Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan
School counselling campaign raised in Parliament News Published 21 Oct 2020 We briefed MPs for a debate on support for children and families during the Covid-19 pandemic