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Some people feel such a strong compulsion to help others that they are unable to acknowledge their own needs. Jess Baker and Rod Vincent call it super-helper syndrome – and therapists are particularly prone. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023

Your voice, your BACP. BACP staff blogs.

We’re committed to being a fully inclusive organisation for transgender (trans), non-binary, and gender questioning people (TNBGQ), across our roles as an employer, membership body and charity.

Your feedback on Therapy Today articles. Therapy Today, February 2024

‘People who are stuck on waiting lists or unable to access care need urgent action, not more delays and empty promises’. Regular column from Matthew Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023

Our members highlight how therapy helps people to cope, grow and thrive

Open article: We have an ethical responsibility to address systemic prejudice and discrimination, including monoracism, wherever it appears, advocates Mary-Claire Wilson. Private Practice, September 2025.

Your feedback on Therapy Today articles. Therapy Today, April 2023

Open article: ‘Couples therapy helped me understand my need to rescue people’. Therapy Today, June 2024

Our members explore how a different mindset can teach us to see winter as a special time to be enjoyed and not endured