Dig deep: The benefits of gardening Journals Published 31 Jul 2025 Open article: Therapeutic gardening can help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness, social isolation and stress. And there are no side effects, as Ben Thomas explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2025.
Scottish Budget brings mixed blessings News Published 6 Dec 2024 Our thoughts following the announcement of the Scottish Government's draft budget for 2025-26
Reflections: Healing on the friendship bench Journals Published 10 Jul 2025 Open article: Dixon Chibanda shares an excerpt from his book about harnessing the wisdom of grandmothers to deliver therapeutic healing. Thresholds, July 2025.
Online poster exhibition Research Published 28 Apr 2025 Updated 21 Jan 2026 A showcase of recent research projects in counselling and psychotherapy. BACP International Research Conference 2025
Therapy Today, May 2023 Journals Published 28 Apr 2023 Access all areas... The reasonable adjustments that we can all make to open up our practices... plus... Uncovering the real causes of burnout... Supervision and assessing fitness to practise when a client has a life-limiting diagnosis... Is it OK to work under your first name only?
Life, death and serenity at work Journals Published 6 Jan 2025 Open article: What is the toll of repeated exposure to death and dying on those healthcare professionals who witness it daily? Mireille Hayden is the founder of Gentle Dusk, an organisation focused on all aspects of end-of-life planning and care. BACP Workplace, January 2025.
Are we taking care of the care sector? Journals Published 9 Apr 2025 Open article: Working in social care is notoriously physically and emotionally demanding, poorly paid and involves long hours. BACP research fellow Jenny O'Donnell shines a light on this often overlooked workforce. BACP Workplace, April 2025.
Mental health law within the counselling professions in England and Wales GPiA 029 Good practice Published 31 Dec 2017 Good Practice in Action legal resource. Last reviewed April 2025. PDF download
Abortion: issues for the counselling professions in England and Wales GPiA 059 Good practice Published 31 Aug 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource. Last reviewed November 2025. PDF download
Assisted dying (assisted suicide): issues for the counselling professions in England and Wales GPiA 058 Good practice Published 31 Aug 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource. Last reviewed November 2025. PDF download