Message from the Chair: Happy new year and farewell Journals Published 27 Jan 2022 "We have awakened BACP to the benefits of coaching... contributed to knowledge and understanding, and created enduring connections between practitioners." Coaching Today, January 2022
A nourishing conversation: working with food and eating Journals Published 28 Jul 2022 How can we as coaches work with our clients’ relationships to food and eating? When is it useful – and when might it be problematic? Carolyn Mumby unpacks the issues with counselling psychologist Julie Friend. Coaching Today, July 2022
Campaigning for better support for child abuse and exploitation victims News Published 18 Jan 2024 We’ve joined a campaign to change the Victims and Prisoners Bill
Do come in... and leave your phone on Journals Published 31 Dec 2013 Debbie Lee courageously brings the whole young person into the therapy room – including the virtual world that runs alongside their actual one, weaving in and out of it. BACP Children and Young People, December 2013
Counselling professionals' awareness and understanding of Female Genital Mutilation Research Published 1 Jan 2016 Updated 1 Oct 2019 Research report summarising the findings of a survey of BACP members' awareness and understanding of FGM, examples of best therapeutic practice when working with survivors of FGM and training needs. PDF download
Call for member motions and resolutions News Published 14 Jun 2021 Submissions close this Friday, 18 June 2021
Here and now, this space between us: managing boundaries Journals Published 30 Apr 2019 Counsellor-to-coach Tim Jones and coach-to-counsellor Catherine Noel identify some of the commonalities arising in their experiences of boundary setting and the impact of training on their developing practices. Coaching Today, April 2019
New study highlights benefits of school counsellors and MHSTs News Published 16 Jan 2023 We welcome Barnardo's report and urge the Government to act on its findings
School counselling, mandatory reporting and Daniel Pelka some thoughts Journals Published 31 Dec 2013 Open article: Peter Jenkins deliberates on the questions of confidential counselling in schools and the proposed ‘Pelka’s Law’ – mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse. Would this have prevented the latest tragic outcome? BACP Children and Young People, December 2013
The big issue: Adapt and survive Journals Published 26 Jan 2024 Open article: Catherine Jackson talks to the innovators of community-based mental health initiatives that are thriving despite the cost of living crisis. Therapy Today, February 2024