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'As a psychotherapist and life coach, I’d never before connected the dots between my day job and my hobby of sport and exercise'. Coaching Today, April 2024

Phyllis Coulter encourages us to use available neurological science to facilitate a working alliance with young people who might otherwise not be able to access counselling. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2018

BACP accreditation is a well-recognised and valued quality status for practitioners, services and training courses. Find out about our schemes and how to apply.

Private practice toolkit - all member resource. PDF download

Alan Phillips, Vishakha Tripathi and Charlotte Tomlinson explore how genetic counsellors and therapeutic counsellors can work together with individuals referred for testing for inheritable diseases. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2016

The routes will enable registered members to move to our accredited or senior accredited membership categories, where they have the skills, knowledge and training to do so.

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

Open article: Emily Alter explores the role of social media in young people’s self-diagnosis, and as a gateway to therapy. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2025.

Here you can find answers to some commonly asked questions about a supervisor statement for applications

Open article: BACP Coaching’s Executive Specialist for Supervision, Steve Page, responds on behalf of the Executive. Coaching Today, January 2020