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As a member of the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB), BACP has been involved in the development of new Staying Safe from Suicide guidance from NHS England.

Open article: Ragini Jha makes the case for how counsellors must consider the challenges of racism, as well as social and financial barriers, when supporting international students. University and College Counselling, May 2025.

Samoon Tasmim reflects on the dialogues that led to his academic collaborator, Andrzej Jastrzębski, writing a holistic model for integrating spirituality in counselling, and his subsequent experience of piloting his colleague’s model with clients. Thresholds, January 2023

Trainee journalist Jodie Wood interviews a student who, because of the drinking culture during Freshers’ Week, struggled to cope with longer-term alcohol misuse. University and College Counselling, March 2024

Coach, therapist and supervisor Ruth Galloway-Kirkland is curious about the difference in energy levels she experiences after counselling and coaching, and embarks on a quest to explore why this might be. Coaching Today, 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

If we want to support our clients to think about their relationship with food, we should perhaps first explore our own experience of eating, writes Gerrie Hughes. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

Dr Nicole Schnackenberg discusses the use of the voice dialogue approach to explore underlying feelings of shame in clients with body dysmorphic disorder. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.

Open article: Andy Cross and Tessa Tilbe write about the development of ‘climbing for wellbeing’, otherwise known as ‘bouldering therapy’, at the University of Cumbria. University and College Counselling, March 2025.

'Our clients usually come to us because they want something to change. It might be their outlook, their responses or their self-perception’ Regular column from Judy Stafford. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023