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Our members highlight how therapy helps people to cope, grow and thrive

BACP welcomes the Education and Health and Social Care Committees' damning response to the Government's green paper on Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision

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

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

Counselling: Too much choice 'In the counselling room, when I see a child who is not rushing to pick up an activity, or one that seems unable to make a decision, I take a step back and ask, ‘What is going on for this child?'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

'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

"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

"... 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

In her regular column Judy Stafford asks if we have enough funding and resources to provide good enough services for enough people. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2019