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What is depression? What can you do if you're feeling depressed? BACP member Jackie Rogers explains how counselling can help.

It is important to understand postnatal depression as a form of depression that occurs following the introduction of a baby into one’s life, rather than a specific type of depression for which you need specialist training, write Susan Utting-Simon and Lori Fitzgerald. Private Practice, Summer 2013

James Costello describes his own experiences as a ‘fellow traveller in a foreign land’, supporting partners of women with perinatal depression. Therapy Today, March 2016

Our response to the NICE consultation on depression guidance.

Rinda Haake explains how the IAPT model of counselling for depression has reinvigorated her person-centred experiential practice. Therapy Today, July 2018

BACP therapists highlight the symptoms of depression in men and explain how therapy can help. Download our booklet or read our online guide.

Amanda Fletcher on how neglecting her self-care led to an acute depressive episode. Private Practice, March 2020

A recent paper proposes that depression may be the body’s response to infection. Catherine Jackson explores the debate. Therapy Today, February 2015

Process and applications forms for Person-centred Experiential - Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD) course accreditation.

BACP’s Digital Learning Officer, Reni Vadgama, describes our new CPD hub resource. BACP staff blogs