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Open article: We are all creatures of habit, and stalkers rely on this. The workplace can be one of the most dangerous places for victims of stalking. Rachel Horman explains how employers can safeguard against it. Counselling at Work, Winter 2016

Free article: Catherine Jackson gauges the impact of IAPT on its front-line counsellors. Therapy Today, May 2019

Steve Heigham explains how an updated understanding of evolutionary theory can put a different perspective on clients’ here-and-now distress. Therapy Today, April 2017

Philippa Skinner wonders why she volunteered to support other, similarly bereaved parents after her son died of a drug overdose. Therapy Today, March 2017

Readers' letters to the editor, Therapy Today May 2017

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

Are there lessons we could learn from our elders at this critical time? Nicola Banning talks to Helen Kewell, a therapist, writer and organisational consultant, about what she’s learnt from working with older people. BACP Workplace, July 2020

It’s not only being empathic and attentive that’s exhausting for therapists, the bulk of the impact of the work is the result of being related to as a conflictual transferential object, argues Michael Soth. Private Practice, Autumn 2016

Experiencing ill health and fatigue, Lisa Jenner took a sabbatical from client work. Seeking answers, she turned to the research into vicarious trauma and burnout, to discover how empathy works and at what cost. Counselling at Work, Spring 2016

The ability to challenge our clients when appropriate is a fundamental part of our remit and responsibility as therapists, and key to effective therapy, argues Trudi Dargan. Private Practice, Spring 2015