BACP welcomes PHE report on prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal News Published 10 Sep 2019 We're publishing new guidance for therapists dealing with clients’ long-term drug prescriptions or withdrawal effects
‘Fantastic’ boost to our campaign on NICE’s draft guideline for depression News Published 13 Sep 2019 We believe the NICE guideline must be amended so the public can access greater choice of therapies
BACP's response to the CQC’s report on children and young people's mental health News Published 8 Mar 2018 BACP is part of the Expert Advisory Group for the Care Quality Commission led Children and Young People’s Mental Health Review which today published its 'Review of children and young people's mental health services: Phase two report'.
Unique partnership to improve access to counselling training in Scotland News Published 13 Mar 2018 The Scottish Qualifications Authority and BACP have announced a unique partnership to improve access to the counselling profession for students in Scotland through a new BACP Approved Qualification scheme.
Ethical guidelines for research in the counselling professions News Published 31 Jul 2018 New guidelines to promote and inform good research practice
BACP welcomes follow up inquiry into armed forces mental health care News Published 26 Jul 2018 The Mental Health and the Armed Forces, Part One: The Scale of mental health issues (published 25 July) recognises more must be done to care for serving personnel and veterans
Call for all GPs in Northern Ireland to offer in house counselling News Published 20 Aug 2018 We've joined the #123GP campaign calling on the Health and Social Care Board to increase funding for GP practice-based counselling.
Working together for suicide prevention News Published 10 Sep 2018 We’re joining with fellow members of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) to raise awareness of World Suicide Prevention Day.
Working to improve the lives of older people News Published 1 Oct 2018 To mark the United Nations International Day of Older Persons, we look at some of the recent work from our Older People strategy.
Re-analysis confirms counselling as effective as CBT for depression News Published 4 Oct 2018 There are no clinically meaningful differences between CBT and Counselling for patients presenting with depression.