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A team of counsellors and psychologists in the NHS wanted to improve psychological health and resilience among staff. Using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), they delivered experiential training to promote wellbeing. Teresa Jennings, Elaine Whipday, Kath Egdell, Simon Pestell and Paul Flaxman share their findings. Counselling at Work, Autumn 2016

Chris Athanasiadis makes the case for a greater role for psychodynamic psychotherapy in the NHS. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2016

The complicated relationship between mothers and daughters can only be fully understood in the wider context of women’s experience of sexism and misogyny, writes Rosjke Hasseldine. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2022

The prefix ‘step’ still carries some stigma, even though it is now the norm to find a far wider configuration of families in society and among our client base. Jon Blend, a Gestalt psychotherapist and himself a stepparent, describes some of the hurdles and dilemmas faced by these ‘bereaved’ children and families. Counselling Children and Young People, September 2010

Free article: Gillian Proctor reflects on the accuracy of her 2002 predictions about the future of the health service. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2015

Jolanta Burke considers the contribution that positive psychology can make in the therapy room. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2017

Free article: Lina Mookerjee explores her relationship with yoga and spirituality in practice, through Jung’s writings. Thresholds, Summer 2014

William West, Terry Biddington and Phil Goss describe a research project which invites dialogue between counsellors and religious pastoral care workers. Thresholds, Summer 2014

Jimmy Edmonds, with Jane Harris, describe their search for answers to their questions about the why and how of grieving. Therapy Today, June 2018

Frances Bernstein describes the particular challenges of working with care leavers, and the importance of attachment theory in understanding the difficulties they face. Therapy Today, July 2017