It's the UN's International Day of Older Persons and this year's theme is the Journey to Age Equality.
Jeremy Bacon: our Older People Lead, said: "Our Journey to Age Equality Our Journey must include choice of access to counselling.
"It must include acceptance that depression and low mood are not inevitable part of ageing, and BACP believes counselling offers great opportunity and benefits in later life.”
Watch these inspiring stories of how counselling changes lives for people aged 50 and over.