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Find out what counsellors and psychotherapists do, where they work and how you can become a therapist.

We’re funding our members to deliver projects to improve access to counselling for people from marginalised and racialised community backgrounds.

A collaborative study with Relate looking at the effectiveness of relationship counselling

At Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust, an acute hospital, a pilot training was designed to helpline managers support healthcare professionals with their mental health. The authors, Simon Pestell, Sarah Markham, Teresa Jennings, Kerri Featherstone and Gail Richardson share their findings. BACP Workplace, October 2023

An overview of the availability and client profile of step 3 therapies. This report looks at the level of choice within the IAPT programme and the demographic profile, diagnosis and number of sessions attended of clients accessing the different psychological therapies. PDF download.

We were awarded silver in the Best Lobbying Campaign and Best Awareness Campaign categories

Faisal Mahmood explores the issues of equality, diversity and inclusion. Video resource.

We’d backed calls for more specialist mental health support for jurors following difficult cases

Open article: An NHS Talking Therapies service piloted walk-and-talk counselling during the pandemic. It was so successful that it’s now permanently available, as Simon Davies explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2024.

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