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Emmanuelle Smith shares what she’s learnt from the popular Netflix show. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2020

Our Children, Young People and Families lead Jo Holmes reflects on the impact of our school counselling campaign

Jeanine Connor explores the Reading Well for Children booklist, designed to support early intervention and prevention. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2020

Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta, clinical psychologist and founder of Play Included®, is helping to manage childhood anxiety, loneliness and low self-esteem, one brick at a time. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Samantha Johnson examines the power of the transitional object as she reflects on her supervisor’s grief, and on grieving for her supervisor. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

'For some young people (and adults), a fear of the unknown, of not being in control and not being able to test out new situations, means they struggle with transitions'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2020

Open article: What’s behind the rise in children not attending school, and how can therapists help? asks Heidi Scrimgeour. Therapy Today, June 2025.

'We would be letting them down if we refused to participate in these conversations. But how do we draw a line between our professional personas and other aspects of our lives online?' BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

"The best thing to say is rarely something ‘clever’ and almost never something that ‘sounds like what a counsellor might say’." Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2020