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In our latest blog supporting our children and young people’s mental health green paper campaign, we're focusing on the importance of evidence in policy development.

We’re funding our members to deliver projects to improve access to counselling for people from marginalised and racialised community backgrounds.

Sue Pattison and Maggie Robson, joint Chairs of BACP Children, Young People and Families division, ask you to support our campaign for a paid counsellor in every secondary school, academy and FE college in England

"There has always been concern that the cost of training precludes many good candidates from becoming counsellors. Efforts to make the profession more inclusive have long been jeopardised by this." Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

"By integrating mindfulness into supervision sessions, my supervisees and I have unlocked a felt sense of the client that has supported the counsellor to engage with rich reflections or identify their own blocks." Regular column from Elizabeth Holt. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Linda-Jayne Elliott argues that building an alliance with the family is crucial when offering counselling to children with special educational needs. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

BACP CEO blogs.

Aleesha Khan urges us to address political dimensions of children’s lives in counselling to contribute to a more inclusive and equitable society. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

"I found the destabilisation brought about by the pandemic brought closer emotional proximity to some of my adolescent clients". Regular column from Lucy-Jean Lloyd. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2020

Jeanine Connor talks to Elaine Bousfield, founder and director of ZunTold, an independent publishing company based in Manchester. The company publishes books for children and young adults to support emotional wellbeing and mental health. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2020