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New studies highlight benefits of on-site counselling for secondary school students and school staff

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Val Watson of BACP Coaching division talks to higher education consultant and integrated coach-therapist, Géraldine Dufour, about how a coaching approach in university counselling is benefitting students’ mental health. University and College Counselling, November 2023

Open article: Fred Ehresmann takes a solution-focused approach to navigate the tidal wave of suffering and hold hope for those in despair at the state of our planet. Private Practice, June 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

Open article: Therapeutic gardening can help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness, social isolation and stress. And there are no side effects, as Ben Thomas explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2025.

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In his regular column Matthew Smith-Lilley says the recent election presents us all with the opportunity to send every MP the clear message that counselling changes lives. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2020

Matthew Geary replies to questions about his work and what inspires him. Thresholds online, July 2023

Psychotherapist Sam Clark shares her experience of personal and professional transformation, through use of the AEDP model with young people. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2020