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"Supervisors are expected to own their power and use it as a force for good, but powerful roles can be played badly". Regular column from Jim Holloway. Private Practice, June 2021

Helping our clients to find their power after an experience of workplace bullying is all part of the recovery process. Sarah Anderton explores how to bring our own power and authority to the relationship to facilitate change. BACP Workplace, January 2019

Open article: What might be possible if only we said 'no'? The art and science of saying 'no' is a topic that intrigues Nicola Neath. She explores why so many of us struggle to say ‘no’ at work and how therapists can best support our clients (and ourselves) to use that two-lettered word more easily. BACP Workplace, October 2024.

Emma Wilkinson explores peer supervision in person-centred counselling and the tensions it exposes between power, responsibility and control Therapy Today, May 2015

Premila Trivedi asks some searching questions about power in the therapy room. Therapy Today, June 2015

In her regular column Rosie Dansey discusses the risk of a power imbalance in supervision. Therapy Today, December 2013

Open article: Dr Peter Lovatt believes that dancing can change how we think and feel – and even alleviate symptoms of depression and Parkinson’s disease. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2020

Nicola Banning reflects on her decade as editor of BACP Workplace and celebrates the contributors who have written for the journal. BACP member blogs

Michele Ablett explores the value and ethics of offering psychoeducation to clients. Therapy Today, February 2021

Gill Fennings-Monkman MBE reflects on our recent CPD day in Edinburgh. BACP Coaching blog