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Time to dump the 'dustbin diagnosis'? The pros and cons of a BPD label // Working with intrusive thoughts // Navigating family estrangement // When trauma hides in plain sight // Neurodivergence in the other chair. December 2024/January 2025

Challenges, barriers, progress & hope: What's changed for black practitioners five years on from George Floyd? Reclaiming your name // Being the child of a therapist // Maternity leave as a private practitioner // Energy work in therapy. Therapy Today, October 2025

On whose authority? Power and leadership in a university counselling service. Cross-cultural counselling: Protecting staff’s sense of self... Digital distraction: Attention as a wellbeing issue... Walking the path: Class barriers in... counselling training. University and College Counselling, May 2026.

Good Practice in Action clinical reflections for practice covering supervision, training and ethical decision making. Last reviewed November 2019. PDF download

A greater understanding of Muslim communities and their beliefs could help practitioners to support Britain’s largest religious minority group, writes Dr Asma Shahin Khan. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Find out more about substance abuse as a symptom of depression, when to see a therapist and how therapy can help.

Good Practice in Action fact sheet on contracting. Last reviewed August 2024. PDF download

Swimming could be good for your psychological as well as your physical health. Passionate swimmer Natasha-Rae Adams tells us about the healing powers of water. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

'I ask them questions such as, what is it like for you to have a counsellor of a similar/different age to you?' Regular column by Manaal Mulla. Thresholds, January 2023

'Given the complexity of the information that AI systems like Chat GPT and Bard can access in seconds, can these systems really help people with mental health issues?.' Regular column from Sandi Mann. BACP Workplace, October 2023