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Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2020

Reclaiming identity... Building trust... Analogies in therapy

Open article: Is it time to finally let go of the idea that effective therapy always means weekly 50-minute sessions? asks Sally Brown. Therapy Today, February 2023

"Some changes will probably outlast the current crisis." Regular column from Toby Sweet. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2020

Open article: Ellie Broughton explores how therapists work in the age of misinformation, scepticism and conspiracy theory. Therapy Today, March 2026.

Research by Anne Brassier

Open article: ‘Couples therapy helped me understand my need to rescue people’. Therapy Today, June 2024

This UK wide, expert by experience group is made up of practitioners from across the four nations who are interested in becoming more involved in our children, young people and families policy and campaign work.

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.