Useful links and resources About therapy Information leaflets and links to charities, services and other associations offering support and counselling.
New mums: Six things that therapists want you to know News Published 2 May 2024 Our members have shared their thoughts for Maternal Mental Health Week
Notes and record keeping News Published 21 Mar 2025 Sarah Millward explores what therapists are required to record, your rights to access therapy notes, and what happens if notes are destroyed or not kept. BACP Get help with counselling concerns blog
Stuck in a rut? Nine steps to break free and gain control this new year News Published 2 Jan 2025 Our members share how we can find ourselves stuck and why entering a new year is the perfect time to break the cycle.
Campaign trail: Our role Journals Published 20 Jul 2020 "The marginalisation of counselling and psychotherapy cannot go on." Regular column by Matthew Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2020
Therapists get anxiety… and that’s OK Journals Published 6 Dec 2023 Joshua Fletcher argues that openness about one’s own struggles with anxiety isn’t a weakness but a source of strength. Private Practice, December 2023
Imperfect therapist Journals Published 6 Dec 2023 'Could she love again fiercely? She may never dare. To love again is to risk losing again'. Private Practice, December 2023
Notes from HUCS Journals Published 23 Nov 2023 Jane Harris explores the evolution of outcome measurement in therapy practice and higher education mental health services. University and College Counselling, November 2023
What complaints tell us: July to December 2023 News Published 21 Mar 2024 Rebecca Grace, Assistant Registrar for BACP, addresses therapy complaints, competence, boundaries and endings in therapy. BACP learning from practice blogs