A fair, inclusive and diverse profession. News Published 12 Feb 2025 BACP’s Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead, Aseia Rafique shares more about the importance of EDI at BACP and the ways in which we’re working towards further developing a fair, inclusive and diverse profession. BACP staff blogs.
NHS budget increase must bolster counselling and psychotherapy services News Published 11 Jun 2025 Our response to Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review
Our call to the new Labour Government and Prime Minister Keir Starmer Find out how we’ll be working to build relationships with the new Labour Government
It changed my life Journals Published 20 Jun 2025 Open article: ‘Therapy helped me confront my anger’. Therapy Today, July-August 2025.
Chancellor must put counselling at the heart of economic growth News Published 13 Feb 2025 We highlight key areas for investment in counselling and psychotherapy services in our submission to Spending Review
Our message to the Chancellor ahead of Autumn budget News Published 23 Oct 2023 We’ve sent in our submission for the Autumn statement, focusing on investment in mental health support
From the President Journals Published 21 Feb 2024 ‘Generating employment opportunities for counsellors and therapists is a topic close to my heart’. Therapy Today, March 2024
From the Chair: Communication is key Journals Published 16 Dec 2019 Lesley Ludlow reflects on a busy Private Practice conference. Private Practice, December 2019
Therapy Today, February 2023 Journals Published 24 Jan 2023 Time to flex? Thinking beyond the weekly 50-minute therapy session... plus What we can learn from resilient clients... How to talk about sex in the therapy room... Do we have to change supervisor?.. Pete Sanders on resisting medicalisation