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Open article: Scaling up work as a sole practitioner has always been a challenge. Sally Brown talks to some of the innovative practitioners using portfolio working to build a full-time income from therapy. Therapy Today, March 2024

A delusion can stabilise and secure a person’s identity, says Conor McCormack. Clinicians should therefore treat with respect and sensitivity the beliefs of a psychotic patient. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Open article: Uma Thomas draws on her experience of working with people who are dying to encourage us to consider some of the complexities and rewards of counselling clients at the end of life. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Exploring the risk of inadvertent harm to autistic clients, and why I’m advocating for systemic change. BACP Member blogs.

Open article: Alix Fox explores perceived problematic pornography use: the issues, the arguments and how to respond. Therapy Today, November 2025.

At Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust, an acute hospital, a pilot training was designed to helpline managers support healthcare professionals with their mental health. The authors, Simon Pestell, Sarah Markham, Teresa Jennings, Kerri Featherstone and Gail Richardson share their findings. BACP Workplace, October 2023

Mental health practitioners can improve their effectiveness by practising self-compassion, write Dr Elaine Beaumont and Noah Sisson-Curbishley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2020

Emma Palmer shares her experience of living with chronic illness. Thresholds, October 2020

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.

Open article: Fred Ehresmann takes a solution-focused approach to navigate the tidal wave of suffering and hold hope for those in despair at the state of our planet. Private Practice, June 2023