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A member of our Universities and Colleges division looks at the realities of practising within a college counselling service, and how counsellors must work with clients with common mental health problems as well as more complex needs.

What is trauma? What is PTSD? What are the signs? Why do they develop, and how can counselling help? BACP-accredited therapist and trauma specialist Dee Johnson shares her insight.

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.

Open article: Eugene Ellis explores how bravery and honesty are the essence of life-changing dialogue. Therapy Today, October 2024.

Open article: When working with suicide risk, therapists in private practice have the freedom to define much of their own practice, writes Andrew Reeves. Private Practice, December 2024.

Open article: Editor Jeanine Connor in conversation with Junior Smart OBE about his work to understand, and ultimately prevent, youth violence, by engaging with young people caught up in chaos and exploitation. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2025

Open article: Coach and supervisor Pearl Tran demonstrates how the use of drawing in her practice has transformed her sessions with clients and supervisees. Coaching Today, October 2025

Open article: Social media platforms open new ways for private practitioners to connect across the country, and the world, argue Caz Binstead and Nicholas Sarantakis. Private Practice, June 2025.

Open article: Jeremy Sachs looks at the complex role that belief systems can have for male survivors of sexual abuse. Thresholds, October 2025.

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