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Open article: David Britten explains why the coaching competences have been created and gives some background to their development. He addresses some key questions and concerns that BACP members have voiced about these and other frameworks. Coaching Today, January 2023

Open article: More people are choosing to stay unpartnered, and it’s time we ditch the stigma and start to understand the lived experiences of singletons beyond the context of dating, says Suzy Walker. Therapy Today, May 2025.

Our response to the Supreme Court ruling on women and sex

Tim Bond introduces the 2018 Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions

Our Burst the self-doubt campaign highlights the issue of low self-esteem among women and aims to help you find a trained therapist who can give you support

Judgment is a factor in both cognitivist and psychoanalytic theory and, rather than standing poles apart, a cognitivist and a Freudian perspective have something of value to offer each other, argues Neill Bartlett. Private Practice, June 2023

Our member Rachel Higginson has recorded a series of videos about anxiety.

Our therapists share how to spot the signs if you’re addicted to stress

'In the consulting room, we continue to hear our clients facing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic experiences regularly.' BACP member blogs

Open article: Editor Jeanine Connor in conversation with Junior Smart OBE about his work to understand, and ultimately prevent, youth violence, by engaging with young people caught up in chaos and exploitation. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2025