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BACP President, Lynne Gabriel addresses a confidence crisis in our profession. BACP member blogs.

Our members share top tips for first time mums who may be feeling overwhelmed

Gillian Proctor, Maeta Brown, Shlomo Cohen and Sue Mckelvie explore how some counsellors working in IAPT deal with ethical conflicts. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2019

Jeremy Bacon, BACP’s Older People Lead, reflects on the Association’s focus on healthy ageing. Thresholds, April 2020

While welcoming 'Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper', BACP, BPC and UKCP raise serious concerns about its ambition and its ability to deliver the support needed for our children and young people.

BACP Coaching is a focus for coaches and coaching within BACP. Our members are counsellors and psychotherapists who work with a variety of models to integrate coaching and counselling.

BACP Spirituality is for counsellors, psychotherapists, pastoral carers, chaplains and related professionals whose work is informed by a spiritual perspective.

Open article: Jeremy Sachs looks at the complex role that belief systems can have for male survivors of sexual abuse. Thresholds, October 2025.

Paul Terry on using countertransference, projective identification and the destructive superego in clinical practice. Private Practice, March 2024.

'There is a deeply unhelpful myth that counselling consists of nice people saying kind things to sad people'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024