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Northern Ireland's All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention has launched an inquiry

Encouraging research into counselling and psychotherapy

When therapy causes harm. The truth behind the headlines // Rewinding trauma // Shame in motherhood // Keeping children safe // Update on the Ethical Framework review. Therapy Today, April 2025

How will you navigate your journey through private practice? BACP Private Practice Conference 2025 special issue. Plus.... Doubt in the chair... Endings as thresholds... Preparing for the unexpected. Private Practice, December 2025.

Bridging the gap. Why research matters for every practitioner // Decolonising the therapy room // Sex, shame, and childhood trauma // Working with antenatal anxiety // Is supervision training necessary? Therapy Today, March 2025

'I cannot behave like oil or water when I am neither. I am both’: How competent are you to work with multi-heritage clients? Plus... Insomnia... Dilemmas in practice... Competence frameworks. Private Practice, September 2025.

Good Practice in Action fact sheet on placements. Last reviewed November 2024. PDF download

Jamie Smith discuses how our own views or feelings on suicide can affect the ability to practise safely and competently when managing risk. Video resource.

Good Practice in Action research overview on supervision. Last reviewed November 2023. PDF download

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