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These routes will enable accredited members to move to our senior accredited membership category, where they have the skills, knowledge and training to do so.

Open article: In comparison to postnatal depression, postnatal anxiety (PNA) is under-recognised, with a recent study revealing it’s an unfamiliar concept among professionals involved in maternal care. Regular column from Dr Claire Oakeley. Private Practice, December 2023

Good Practice in Action fact sheet on working online in the counselling professions. Last reviewed March 2025. PDF download

Poster presentation by Tania Goldsmith

What does research tell us about the experience of remote counselling for both clients and therapists – and what is still unknown? Jeannette Roddy, Naomi Moller, Wayne Full and Andreas Vossler share their findings. Therapy Today, May 2024

Our professional conduct procedure provides an open and transparent way for clients or other members to raise complaints against a BACP member

New BACP accreditation routes opening February 2026 after SCoPEd transition period.

Val Watson of BACP Coaching division talks to higher education consultant and integrated coach-therapist, Géraldine Dufour, about how a coaching approach in university counselling is benefitting students’ mental health. University and College Counselling, November 2023

Open article: Hostility towards transgender people is on the increase. Ellis J Johnson asks us to consider whether it is affecting our own therapeutic approach and practice. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Open article: Barbara Smith, Carl Dutton and Kaye Richards have developed green and social prescribing for young people, with innovative programmes delivered by CAMHS practitioners and community colleagues. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2025.