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Jonny Ward is a therapist, a first responder, and watch manager for the Fire and Rescue Service, who is also known as The Anxious Firefighter. Bringing 16 years of experience in the fire service, he talks to Nicola Banning about his work educating others, and what he hopes to bring to the BACP Workplace division as he joins the Executive Committee. BACP Workplace, October 2023

Alison O’Connor explains that indigenous talking circles can help health and social care professionals recover from moral injury, brought on by the pandemic. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2023

Mental health practitioners can improve their effectiveness by practising self-compassion, write Dr Elaine Beaumont and Noah Sisson-Curbishley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2020

Artistic and therapeutic practice are twinned in important ways, sharing sensibilities and techniques aimed at making use of what Winnicott called the ‘potential space’, required for human development. For Dominic McLoughlin, creativity is at the heart of the work, allowing for an emphasis on difference, and active meaning-making between the therapeutic couple. University and College Counselling, March 2023

Jennifer Pitt explores the relationship between food and mood in young people, as well as the therapist’s role in raising awareness about healthy eating. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2020

Jo Birch discovers a poetic approach to her research and practice as a supervisor of supervisors, through the use of autoethnography. Coaching Today, October 2020

Open article: As the UK faces strike action not seen since the 1980s, Nicola Banning explores what worker dissent and unrest could mean for therapists working with employees, employers and EAPs. BACP Workplace, January 2023

Open article: Faith Holloway explains why the Compassionate Employers programme, run by Hospice UK, is inviting employers to step up and face one of the last taboos. BACP Workplace, April 2023

The impact of misidentification can be significant, and requires acknowledgment and attention, says Anita Gaspar. Therapy Today, November 2023