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Self-harm can take many forms and is often a way of coping with overwhelming emotions and feelings. Our member Natalie Phillips explains what self-harm is and how counselling can help.

BACP Healthcare news and resources. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023.

Jennifer Pitt explores the relationship between food and mood in young people, as well as the therapist’s role in raising awareness about healthy eating. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 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

For Mental Health Awareness Week (13-18 May 2024) our members share their thoughts on the power of movement in therapy and why you should try it.

Emma Loker suggests that hide-and-seek is a powerful resource in the counselling room which illustrates a child’s early attachments and offers opportunities for reparation. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Featuring 'When Words Are Not Enough: creative responses to grief', Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds; 'Lessons in Psychoanalysis: psychopathology and clinical psychoanalysis for trainee analysts, Franco De Masi; Art Psychotherapy and Innovation: new territories, techniques and technologies, Helen Jury and Ali Coles (eds); Working on the Frontline of Mental Health: a CBT therapist’s casebook, Steve Sheward; The Humanity Test: disability, therapy and society, John Barton and Transcend: the new science of self-actualization, Scott Barry Kaufman. Therapy Today, May 2023

Janet Toulson Sayers looks back on more than 50 years as an NHS psychologist. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

How can employers have better conversations to support this group of employees to manage work and family life? BACP Workplace, April 2020

The psychological effects of stroke, including depression, are often overlooked. Paul Grantham explains how therapy can alleviate distress for stroke patients and their carers. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023