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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

"Completing a training is a tiny part of what makes us practitioners, itself marking the beginning of a whole new journey." Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2020

"...it seems as though the ‘new normal’ means constant hypersensitivity to risk, relentless threat-scanning and living in fear." Regular column by Sandi Mann. BACP Workplace, October 2020

'Working with Intersectionality in Student Mental Health’ (November 2023), Dr Michael Priestly presented findings from co-produced research, collected during the development of the University Mental Health Charter.' University and College Counselling, March 2024

Counselling: Too much choice 'In the counselling room, when I see a child who is not rushing to pick up an activity, or one that seems unable to make a decision, I take a step back and ask, ‘What is going on for this child?'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Dr Nicole Schnackenberg discusses the use of the voice dialogue approach to explore underlying feelings of shame in clients with body dysmorphic disorder. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Open article: People with an acquired brain injury are often cared for at home. But family members also need support to process the potentially life-changing experience, write Dr Freddie Byrne and Angelina Hassan. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2025.

Just over a year ago, Juliette Moxham wrote an article for BACP Workplace about why she stepped back from being a headteacher of a primary school in Gloucestershire to retrain as a counsellor. Now a newly qualified counsellor, she is working with the public sector workforce and establishing her private practice. She talks to Nicola Banning about finishing her training and starting out in the profession. BACP Workplace, January 2024

'I have always maintained a belief in the Buddhist humanistic values of non-violence, compassion and wisdom: helping us to live a more peaceful life.' Regular column from Kath Lock-Giddy. Thresholds, April 2023

Nostalgia suggests a yearning for an idealised past that never existed. David Morgan explains how nostalgia can function on both a political and a personal level, often to avoid the harsh reality of the present. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2020