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We’ve signed a coalition letter calling for NICE to urgently review its anxiety guideline

Open article: News and resources from the BACP research team. Therapy Today, May 2023

Making sense of symptoms. Plus... Keep talking: Dementia patients can benefit from IAPT services, according to a study... Pain prevention: Could pre-operative counselling be the key to preventing chronic pain?... In circles: How talking circles help healthcare workers recover from moral injury

Open article: Angela Ramsay explores the impact of the pandemic on therapists and therapeutic practice. Private Practice, June 2024.

Rakhi Chand explores racially minoritised women, misogynoir and the emotional and psychic costs of leadership. BACP member blogs.

Evidence of our policy influence across most party manifestos ahead of the Scottish Parliament election

We've raised concerns about the guideline in our response to the consultation

Open article: News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, June 2024

Good Practice in Action fact sheet covering equality and diversity. Last reviewed September 2025. PDF download