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The metaphor of a kidnapper can be useful when working with people who suffer from intrusive thoughts about harm befalling a loved one, as Dr Daren Lee explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

What is anxiety? What causes it? What’s the best way to cope with anxiety? BACP accredited therapist Kamalyn Kaur shares her top tips and explains how counselling can help.

Exploring the link between addiction and undiagnosed ADHD and autism... plus... Has school counselling lost its voice?... Safeguarding issues in older clients... Racial misidentification in therapy... Working with unexpressed emotions

When she was admitted to a psychiatric ward, Caroline Smith didn’t know if she would ever come out. She describes her experience and wonders how we could better support mental health patients. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Tackling mental health at work is big business – so why, asks Nicola Banning, do the words ‘counselling’ and ‘counsellor’ so rarely feature as being a part of the solution? BACP Workplace, April 2020

'When I joined the counselling service at Cardiff University, it was providing all the psychological support for students and staff. Over the next few years, the scope of the service gradually evolved to the point that several new teams have been developed to complement or complete tasks that are outside of the core therapeutic work.' A conversation with Sarah Worley-James. University and College Counselling, November 2023

'Working with Intersectionality in Student Mental Health’ (November 2023), Dr Michael Priestly presented findings from co-produced research, collected during the development of the University Mental Health Charter.' University and College Counselling, March 2024

In the second of our series from chaplains working on campus, Simon Coleman offers an overview of his approach to working with faith-based distress. University and College Counselling, March 2020

A delusion can stabilise and secure a person’s identity, says Conor McCormack. Clinicians should therefore treat with respect and sensitivity the beliefs of a psychotic patient. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Open article: Andrew Balfour describes an intervention that recognises the importance of relationships and of working not only with people with dementia but also their partners. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023