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Psychoanalytic and systems thinking can help us understand workplace anxiety and how the defences it creates show up in the therapy room, says Gabriella Braun. Therapy Today, February 2024

Under pressure: Can low-cost counselling services survive?... plus... Helping clients deal with workplace anxiety // The therapeutic power of watching films // Working with the impact of war trauma // The pros and cons of joining online groups

How can resilience-based clinical supervision help a team of chaplains working in an NHS hospital to stay well in their work? Sarah Markham, clinical psychologist and Clinical Team Lead at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust hospital shares her experience. BACP Workplace, April 2024

Why do one in four women in the UK need to leave their jobs due to the menopause? In a new series of conversations about the menopause at work, Helen Kewell explores what lies behind this statistic and finds potential for growth and regeneration. BACP Workplace, January 2023

What happens to men in midlife? And what does the midlife transition mean for men at work? Helen Kewell looks at the research and talks to men about what it means to be a male in midlife: from crisis to growth. BACP Workplace, April 2023

‘For me, acceptance is, “it is what it is”. I may not like this situation, and I may never agree with this change, but it is happening, so how can I find a way forward, minimising the detrimental impact of it?’ BACP Workplace, April 2020

In her new book, Online Counselling: an essential guide, author Sarah Worley-James talks to Nicola Banning about her love of working online and why she wrote a nuts-and-bolts guide to help our profession do it better. BACP Workplace, January 2023

With an ageing population working for longer, Jane Moffett explores how employees can best prepare for life after work, and what employers can do to help support their employees to have a good ending from their professional lives. BACP Workplace, October 2023

Open article: The suicide of an employee can have far-reaching consequences for colleagues, managers, the employer and the community. Sue Christy makes the case for better suicide postvention and explains why taking the right steps in the golden hours after a suicide can help to reduce further traumatisation and supports healing and recovery in the workforce. BACP Workplace, January 2024

Open article: Beyond the lazy stereotypes that young people are work-shy and entitled, what can the therapy profession and employers learn from the Youth Voice Census 2025 about their attitudes to life and work? Quite a lot, argues Lauren Mistry, the Deputy CEO of Youth Employment UK. She shares her insights. BACP Workplace, October 2025.