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Autism specialist and our member Lisa McAnish, who is also autistic, discusses autism and explains how counselling can help.

Why are so many autistic people missing from the world of work? Rachael Klug explores the reasons that lie behind the exclusion and suggests ways both for organisations to become an ‘autism friendly’ employer, and for workplace therapists to better support our neurodivergent clients. BACP Workplace, October 2023

Zoe McFarlane identifies how to engage and empower autistic clients

A framework and curriculum to support training and practice in online and phone therapy (formerly telephone and e-counselling competences and curricula)

Changing the way she referred to herself was key to accepting her neurodivergence, says Liz Driscoll. Therapy Today, November 2023

Jane Owen describes an innovative outdoor coaching project that supports the wellbeing of young people through engagement with nature and woodland. Coaching Today, April 2020

"There has always been concern that the cost of training precludes many good candidates from becoming counsellors. Efforts to make the profession more inclusive have long been jeopardised by this." Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Our new scheme aims to encourage underrepresented groups into the counselling and psychotherapy professions by providing financial support for training

Good Practice in Action contracting for adults across the counselling professions. Published January 2024. PDF download

Our member Susannah Bradley explains what a play therapist does and how play therapy can help