Update about our Board of Trustees News Published 4 Jul 2025 We’ve shared a statement about the resignation of a member of our Board
What should pastoral care look like in the 21st century? Journals Published 7 Oct 2020 In the first in our new debate series, Paul Hurst argues the case for a new Universal Pastoral Care model, centred around the principles of counselling ethics rather than faith-based considerations. Thresholds, October 2020
The third age Journals Published 18 Mar 2024 Does old age have to be an awful period of exclusion or could it be a time for knowing what really matters? asks Jeff Weston. Private Practice, March 2024.
Call for investment in crucial early intervention as suicide rates reach highest level in 20 years News Published 30 Aug 2024 We’re urging the government to recognise that access to psychological therapies is a crucial part of suicide prevention
‘Who looks inside awakens’: working creatively with coaching clients Journals Published 26 Jan 2024 Founders of Awakening Creativity, coach Lindsey Wheeler and humanistic counsellor Christina Bachini, demonstrate a simple and powerful new approach to incorporating creativity in coaching practice. Coaching Today, January 2024
School counselling brings long-term economic benefit, first-of-its-kind report reveals News Published 6 Jun 2024 The report says earlier intervention has a greater impact on children’s lives
Employers must focus on mental health as UK employee sickness losses rise to over £100 billion News Published 1 Aug 2024 Our response to a new report that reveals 'hidden' costs of UK workplace sickness
Complete confidentiality must be guaranteed for survivors' accounts of sexual offences News Published 4 Jul 2025 We’ve responded to a Government consultation on the victim information code of practice
Are we taking care of the care sector? Journals Published 9 Apr 2025 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.
An interview with Rachel Johnston Journals Published 21 Jan 2020 Rachel Johnston is a BACP accredited counsellor working in GP surgeries and private practice. She is also Director of Connect2Counselling in Belfast. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2020