Understanding child protection in Scotland GPiA 052 Good practice Published 31 May 2018 Good Practice in Action legal resource covering working with children and young people. Last reviewed February 2025. PDF download
Age in the therapy room Journals Published 1 Mar 2022 Zorana Halpin reflects on how age can affect the counselling process. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2022
Trauma and the art of just being there Journals Published 26 Feb 2021 Samantha Johnson discusses the special role of school counsellors working with asylum seekers and refugees. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2021
“I hope my research will help improve therapy for young people” News Published 25 Mar 2022 Antonella Cirasola is the latest researcher to complete her BACP-funded PhD
Spotlight on counselling: Knowing and not knowing Journals Published 26 Nov 2020 "in a time of COVID-19, it is more likely that a young person facing adversity will experience deeper fears than we might usually expect". Regular column from Lucy-Jean Lloyd. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2020
Valuing the costs of sessional work and ensuring counsellors get paid accordingly News Published 20 May 2024 Our Children, Young People and Families Lead, Jo Holmes discusses the TAC platform's impact on expanding employment opportunities for BACP members and reaching vulnerable populations in diverse settings. BACP staff blog
Boarding schools and broken attachments Journals Published 30 Aug 2022 In the third of our four-part series, Soosan Latham reflects on the effects of boarding school on attachment style, adult relationships and the development of the self. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2022
Cut adrift on a sea of uncertainty, the peculiar position of our year 11 and year 13 children News Published 27 Mar 2020 Jane Darougar, executive member of our Universities and Colleges division and a sixth form college counsellor, looks at the experiences of school leavers
Becoming a CYP counsellor Journals Published 11 Mar 2020 A joint exploration of the creation and development of a specialist children and young people counselling training. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2020
How I became a therapist: Karen Cromarty Journals Published 31 Dec 2015 Attending school governor meetings made Karen Cromarty realise that therapeutic intervention could help children and young people. Therapy Today, December 2015