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Opinion: Matthew Leavesley and Deborah Shakespeare Journals Published 31 Mar 2023 Counsellors Matthew Leavesley and Deborah Shakespeare describe their fight for equal pay with their CBT colleagues. Therapy Today, April 2023
Why read research? Journals Published 30 Jun 2017 John McLeod explains why it is essential for counsellors to know how to read research. Therapy Today, June 2017
Clay - a potent medium Journals Published 30 Jun 2014 Lynne Souter-Anderson finds that it is rare for any child or young person not to be able to work with this medium, which offers a connection both to the earth and to the mother of all senses – touch. BACP Children and Young People, June 2014
Working with the police Journals Published 18 Jan 2022 Open article: Zoe Davenport uncovers a less well-known story about policing. She argues that those who protect our society deserve a properly funded national standard of clinical support. BACP Workplace, January 2022
Going independent Journals Published 31 Dec 2016 Jayne Godward describes the perils and rewards of setting up as a small, independent counselling training course provider. Therapy Today, December 2016
Twelve years of trauma Journals Published 31 Jan 2018 From the 7/7 bombings (2005) to the Grenfell Tower fire (2017), Fiona Dunkley explains why organisations need a trauma management programme. Counselling at Work, January 2018
Understanding shame from the perspective of a therapist Research Published 19 May 2020 Updated 8 Jan 2021 Poster presentation by David Gwynant Hughes
Why the Dodo got it right Journals Published 28 Feb 2016 Campbell Purton tests the Dodo’s pronouncement on the relative effectiveness of the many models of psychotherapy. Therapy Today, February 2016