The big issue: The truth about harm in therapy Journals Published 24 Feb 2025 Open article: Ellie Broughton looks at the nuance of harm behind the sensationalist headlines. Therapy Today, April 2025.
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In depth: Forgiveness in therapy Journals Published 20 Dec 2024 Open article: Chris Wake writes about how to make use of this process with clients. Thresholds, January 2025.
NHS workers: how therapy can help Journals Published 21 Jul 2023 Open article: Penelope Campling draws on her experience with frontline clinicians in the NHS to suggest how we can offer psychological support to healthcare workers. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023
Why does the media get therapy so wrong? Journals Published 20 Feb 2023 And does it deter clients from seeking help? asks Sasha Bates. Therapy Today, March 2023
Healing the brain and body in therapy Nicola Vanlint explores integrating brain-body connection in therapy: techniques for enhancing athletic performance and mental well-being. BACP member blog
The medicine in the words: why poetry belongs in the therapy room News Published 13 Mar 2026 Richard Tyler explores how poetry can transform the therapy process. BACP member blogs.
The big issue: Your notes, your rights Good practice Published 21 Nov 2025 Open article: Ellie Broughton investigates why there’s still so much confusion around requests to surrender clients’ notes. Therapy Today, December 2025/January 2026.
Counselling and psychological therapy for children with long-term medical conditions (LTCs) Research Published 30 Apr 2015 Updated 1 Oct 2019 A narrative review summarising the current literature on psychological therapy for children with LTCs, focusing on multiple LTCs, asthma, diabetes, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). PDF download.
The big issue: Fighting ageism from the therapy room Journals Published 1 Apr 2024 Open article: Therapy has a crucial part to play in empowering the ageing population and fighting cultural stereotypes and discrimination, says Helen Kewell. Therapy Today, April 2024