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Joseph Ryan examines the desirable qualities in a therapist who treats members of the armed forces and veterans, or their families. BACP member blogs.

Emma Loker suggests that hide-and-seek is a powerful resource in the counselling room which illustrates a child’s early attachments and offers opportunities for reparation. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

Kate Saunders shares the ways that being honest and curious about sex can open up conversations in the counselling room. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

In her new book, Online Counselling: an essential guide, author Sarah Worley-James talks to Nicola Banning about her love of working online and why she wrote a nuts-and-bolts guide to help our profession do it better. BACP Workplace, January 2023

People with disabilities are employed in all areas of life, yet, sharing her own lived experience, Elaine Davies ponders if and why academics may appear reluctant to disclose their disabilities. University and College Counselling, March 2024

'Anyone that describes their counselling training as easy is most likely lying. One of my best friends who I met on my training course and I used to describe the experience as the best and worst years of your life – the sentiment is still true to this today.' A conversation with Safaa Ramadan. University and College Counselling, March 2024

Online counselling sat on the fringes of therapeutic work until the COVID pandemic forced us to find new ways of working. Few of us were prepared for or were sufficiently trained to adapt to this new way of working. Rick Hughes interviews Sarah Worley-James about the brave new world of online counselling. University and College Counselling, March 2023

How can resilience-based clinical supervision help a team of chaplains working in an NHS hospital to stay well in their work? Sarah Markham, clinical psychologist and Clinical Team Lead at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust hospital shares her experience. BACP Workplace, April 2024