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New mental health measures have been announced to better support people who want to get back to work.

'Divisional members voted on neurodiversity as the theme [for the BACP CYPF Conference], and this is a great opportunity for the Executive Committee and divisional members to work together to implement BACP’s equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

'What I have found myself reflecting on recently is how supervisors, used to working with counsellors, can best adapt our skills to support those who fall outside of our usual services'. Regular column from Elizabeth Holt. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

Discussions include the key role counselling and psychotherapy has in supporting people during these difficult times

"I felt a pressing need to be with him in person. I leaned into my laptop, craning my neck, seeing us both alone in our separate little windows." Regular column from Lucy-Jean Lloyd. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2020

Open article: Counselling people who have experienced domestic abuse requires a structured approach that understands the risks, challenges and complexities, writes Dr Craig Newman. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2025.

"... being an effective container is an odd mixture of things. On the one hand, it requires a solid presence... On the other, if the containment is to be authentic, then it needs to be porous." Regular column from Ryan Lowe. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2020

'I’m concerned sometimes about how young men talk about themselves these days. It seems to have got worse.' University and College Counselling, March 2023

Open article: Psychosis typically emerges for the first time in young adulthood. Dr George Salaminios explores the importance of early intervention in college and university counselling and the rationale for therapeutically targeting dysfunctions in mentalizing. BACP University and College Counselling, March 2026.

In a co-authored article by members of the Parent Carer Trauma Working Group, Joanna Griffin, Ellie Finch, Megan Yakeley, Naomi Bonger and Poppy Villierezz draw on their combined personal, clinical and academic experience to raise awareness of trauma in SEND parent carers. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023