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BACP from the Board blogs.

Report of research conducted by BACP, the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). PDF download.

Guidelines to promote and inform good research practice. PDF download

‘The message we are sending to the Government is that it’s vital that this new strategy gets to grips with the growing demand for mental health support across the country...' Regular column from Matthew Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, March 2024

This systematic review aims to add to the substantive knowledge base by updating the literature on the impact of psychosocial interventions for older adult carers and carers of people with dementia published between 2005 and 2011. PDF download.

Research overview based on searches of PubMed, Psychinfo and NHS Evidence from 2000 onwards in relation to counselling and psychological therapies for depression in and around pregnancy. PDF download.

Open article: Misogyny seems to be named more explicitly than ever before, and fears around Gen Z men and their beliefs are high. Emma Wingate explores what may be underneath this prejudice and how we can work with it in the counselling room. BACP University and College Counselling, November 2025.

‘It’s time to say my goodbyes and express my appreciation to some important people’. Therapy Today, March 2024

Suicide risk when working in the counselling professions. Updated April 2023. PDF download