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Open article: Therapeutic gardening can help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness, social isolation and stress. And there are no side effects, as Ben Thomas explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2025.

Liam Hallett a lead psychologist for older people's services explores the roles and insights of self-care strategies, and the transformative power of the therapeutic relationship. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Emma Loker suggests that hide-and-seek is a powerful resource in the counselling room which illustrates a child’s early attachments and offers opportunities for reparation. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Joining BACP CYPF links you with a large, diverse and experienced group of practitioners who are committed to furthering ethical and effective counselling and psychotherapy for children and young people.

"We are aware of the mind-body link; however, we also need to be mindful of the body-mind link." Regular column from Vicki Palmer. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2019

Featuring 'Mothering Alone', M K O’Neil; 'Learning from Action', ed RD Hinshelwood and L Mingarelli; 'Counselling Partners and Relatives of Individuals Who Have Sexually Offended', A Smith; 'Saving Freud', A Nagorski; 'Outsight', The Midlands Psychology Group and 'Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action', A Reeves and T Bond. Therapy Today, March 2023

Featuring "An Introduction to Counselling & Psychotherapy", A Reeves; "Psychotherapy with Survivors of Sexual Violence", E Hadjiioannou; "Late-life Depression and Anxiety", Art Walaszek (ed); "Creative Counselling", T Sharpe; "In Leaps and Bounds", S Akhtar; "Contented Couples", A Power. Therapy Today, February 2023

'Our clients usually come to us because they want something to change. It might be their outlook, their responses or their self-perception’ Regular column from Judy Stafford. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Featuring 'Mothering Alone', M K O’Neil; 'Learning from Action', ed RD Hinshelwood and L Mingarelli; 'Counselling Partners and Relatives of Individuals Who Have Sexually Offended', A Smith; 'Saving Freud', A Nagorski; 'Outsight', The Midlands Psychology Group and 'Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action', A Reeves and T Bond. Therapy Today, April 2023

What is trauma? What is PTSD? What are the signs? Why do they develop, and how can counselling help? BACP-accredited therapist and trauma specialist Dee Johnson shares her insight.