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Campaign success as counselling scheme to support jurors launched News Published 8 May 2024 We’d backed calls for more specialist mental health support for jurors following difficult cases
Working with dementia Journals Published 1 Apr 2024 Francine Beadsworth explores the ethics of working with clients with a dementia diagnosis. Therapy Today, May 2024
Positive Steps campaign launches with park messages for new mums News Published 30 Jul 2025 Our campaign highlights the benefits of therapy to overwhelmed and struggling new mums
PCE-CfD competences and curricula A framework for developing the knowledge and skills required to deliver PCE-Cfd
University and College Counselling Journals Published 28 Mar 2020 Subscribe for free access to the online journal
Counselling in care homes Research Published 10 Oct 2019 Updated 29 Jul 2021 A study looking at how counselling could be integrated in care homes
Therapy Today, March 2026 Journals Published 20 Feb 2026 Therapy in the age of scepticism, misinformation and conspiracy theories // When therapists get depressed // Is consulting AI about a client unethical? // Becoming more disability aware // The latest evidence on therapy. Therapy Today, March 2026.
Divisional and BACP news Journals Published 6 Jan 2023 News from the BACP Spirituality division. Thresholds, January 2023