Counselling skills: An introduction for members Why a framework is needed and how it will help people
Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024 Journals Published 26 Apr 2024 How music heals. Plus... Body dysmorphia: Exploring the client's underlying feelings of shame... Transgender lives: Is hostility creeping into the therapy room?... Risk awareness: The impact of social media on our mental health
Autism at work Journals Published 30 Oct 2023 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
Considering the ethical principles of self-care and fitness to practice when working with trauma Janice Thomas explores how self-care is a vital part of our ethical character as practitioners. Video resource.
Keep Britain Working report is ‘important and timely’ News Published 5 Nov 2025 “We must move beyond treating mental health as a productivity problem”
In depth: Assisted dying and therapy Journals Published 22 Dec 2025 Open article: BACP’s Third Sector Lead, Jeremy Bacon, explains some of the implications for counselling and palliative care, and psychotherapist Kamalyn Kaur invites therapists to reflect on the ethical considerations. Thresholds, January 2026.
Are you a compulsive helper? Journals Published 20 Jan 2023 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
Real world spirituality: Mountains and mindfulness Journals Published 30 Mar 2023 Alistair Ross writes about what mountaineering has taught him. Thresholds, April 2023
Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023 Journals Published 21 Jul 2023 NHS workers: how therapy can help. Plus... Stroke patients: Working with the psychological effects of stroke... Psychiatric ward: What it’s like to be admitted, by a former patient... Food stories: Why we need to explore our experience of eating.
How counselling can help a child cope with grief About therapy BACP member Willis Atherley-Bourne explains how grief counselling can help children explore and understand their feelings about a bereavement.