Creating a whole-university strategy for mental health that works Journals Published 9 Sep 2022 Open article: With no one student support initiative able to fully meet the diverse mental health needs of students, Michael Priestly presents the CREATE principles, which offer us a means to do so University and College Counselling, September 2022
Music begins when words fail Journals Published 30 Aug 2022 Peter Rawling shares his experience of using music in therapy, to both understand his clients’ unexpressed emotions and communicate empathy. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2022
BACP news Journals Published 9 Jun 2022 Catch up with the latest BACP news and resources. Private Practice, June 2022
Social media: helpful or harmful? Journals Published 26 Apr 2024 Online communities can raise awareness of mental health issues. But generalised messages often fail to address the complexity of individual experiences, writes Andrew Reeves. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2024.
Anticipatory grief in children and young people Journals Published 28 Aug 2018 A less-often considered area of grief counselling is when the child is anticipating being bereaved. Brenda Mallon examines the terrain. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2018
“Worrying” new figures show more than half of people who self-harm do not access support News Published 5 Jun 2019 Our response to a study which found an increase in the rate of reported self-harm
We need to talk more about men and stress News Published 7 Nov 2018 Men seem less willing to open up about how they are feeling, says Andrew Kinder
Men's mental health shame Journals Published 20 Jul 2020 Male construction workers are often too ashamed to talk about their psychological problems. Yasuhiro Kotera explores the link between men’s shame and their poor mental health. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2020
Seek first to understand News Published 20 Jul 2022 In her blog, Editor Nicola Banning reflects on seeking first to understand and then to be understood as she introduces the July issue of our BACP Workplace journal. BACP journals blogs
From the chair: Safeguarding Journals Published 31 Jul 2015 Social change or social control - 'safeguarding' route leads to both, writes Andrew Reeves. Therapy Today, July 2015