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We believe 730,000 children a year will still not receive adequate support

A showcase of recent research projects in counselling and psychotherapy. BACP Research Conference 2024

The budget includes a much-needed focus and investment to help tackle growing mental health waiting lists

Open article: Working in social care is notoriously physically and emotionally demanding, poorly paid and involves long hours. BACP research fellow Jenny O'Donnell shines a light on this often overlooked workforce. BACP Workplace, April 2025.

Adoption isn’t a happy ever after for all families and children, but parents are still more likely to feel blamed than helped, says Alison Roy. Therapy Today, April 2024

Our member-only jobs board gives you exclusive access to paid employment opportunities and student placements across the counselling and psychotherapy sector

A showcase of recent research projects in counselling and psychotherapy. BACP Research Conference 2022

This follows more than a year of conversations and campaigning

Challenges, barriers, progress & hope: What's changed for black practitioners five years on from George Floyd? Reclaiming your name // Being the child of a therapist // Maternity leave as a private practitioner // Energy work in therapy. Therapy Today, October 2025

"By integrating mindfulness into supervision sessions, my supervisees and I have unlocked a felt sense of the client that has supported the counsellor to engage with rich reflections or identify their own blocks." Regular column from Elizabeth Holt. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023