Supporting young people to grow News Published 7 Feb 2022 Gemma Stewart talks about the positive impact of the therapeutic relationship on young people. Children's Mental Health Week blog
Young people: not straight, not narrow Journals Published 30 Sep 2017 Open article: Growing numbers of young people are resisting traditional, binary gender identities and do not define themselves as heterosexual. University and College Counselling, September 2017
Children and young people's mental health News Published 19 Jan 2018 Our response to the 'Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision' green paper
BACP's response to the CQC’s report on children and young people's mental health News Published 8 Mar 2018 BACP is part of the Expert Advisory Group for the Care Quality Commission led Children and Young People’s Mental Health Review which today published its 'Review of children and young people's mental health services: Phase two report'.
Mental health needs of young people with learning disabilities overlooked News Published 20 Jun 2019 New report calls for prevention and promotion of mental health for young people with learning disabilities
New Government funding for early intervention mental health hubs for children and young people Funded counselling provision will be part of this offer
BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2022 Journals Published 30 Aug 2022 When is a mess not (just) a mess? Also in this issue: Music begins where words fail... Me, myself and my avatar... Forgotten mourners... It’s time to get creative
Government must take bold and decisive action on children and young people’s mental health News Published 23 Sep 2024 We held a fringe event on children and young people's mental health at the Labour Party conference
Call for urgent new counselling support for Scotland’s young people News Published 6 Jun 2019 Rise in young people in Scotland waiting more than a year for mental health treatment.
Critical time to respond to rising mental health needs of children and young people News Published 1 Jun 2020 Read our letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson