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Supporting farmers’ mental health: Tackling the winter blues with BACP advocacy. BACP staff blogs

How music heals. Plus... Body dysmorphia: Exploring the client's underlying feelings of shame... Transgender lives: Is hostility creeping into the therapy room?... Risk awareness: The impact of social media on our mental health

Despite being at increased risk of addiction, depression and anxiety, there is little backstage mental health support for those who tour, says Tamsin Embleton. Therapy Today, April 2024

'The proposed strategy recommits to reducing the number and rates of suicide deaths in Wales, as well as establishing clearer pathways of care for people who self-harm and improving support for people bereaved by suicide.' Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Open article: Alan McPherson looks at the evidence that we’re closing the research - practice gap in our profession - and why it matters. Therapy Today, March 2025.

Should I continue to work with an unboundaried client?  asks Karen Stainsby. Therapy Today, December 2023

Open article: Sam Delaney investigates how well our profession serves those at highest risk of suicide - midlife working-class men. Therapy Today, April 2026.

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Research is important for clients, for practitioners and politically to continue to demonstrate that counselling changes lives.

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