Sharing records with clients, legal professionals and the courts in the context of the counselling professions GPiA 069 Good practice Published 31 Aug 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource on record keeping and confidentiality. Last reviewed September 2025. PDF download
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Research digest Journals Published 3 Jun 2024 Open article: News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, June 2024
SCoPEd partnership announces new name and key updates News Published 8 Apr 2025 The SCoPEd partnership gives an update about the evolution of the partnership.
Supervision: necessary or not - a case for Journals Published 12 Jun 2020 Our profession rightly demands that we are to be accountable and maintain certain standards for the safety of our clients and ourselves, writes Jude Adcock. Private Practice, June 2020
Students enter final year of landmark psychotherapeutic training News Published 16 Dec 2024 Students taking part in a landmark project which fully funds postgraduate psychotherapeutic training within NHS services have now started their third and final year.
Dilemma: Dating apps and boundaries Journals Published 20 Feb 2023 Do I need to alert a client that they may have ‘matched’ with my abusive ex-partner on a dating app? Our Ethics team and Therapy Today readers consider this month’s dilemma. Therapy Today, March 2023
Strike, Strike, Strike Journals Published 13 Jan 2023 Open article: As the UK faces strike action not seen since the 1980s, Nicola Banning explores what worker dissent and unrest could mean for therapists working with employees, employers and EAPs. BACP Workplace, January 2023
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Viewpoint: Mind your language Journals Published 21 Oct 2025 Open article: Fee Scott warns against the risks of using casual diagnostic terms in the therapy room. Therapy Today, November 2025.