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Referrals of young men to counselling services do not accurately reflect the level of male mental health difficulties. Benjamin Nuss explores the reasons why. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2019

Many women feel unable to talk about their experience of pregnancy termination due to foetal anomaly. Emma Harris believes that sensitive counsellors can offer a safe space for their voices to be heard. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2022

Open article: Dr Heather Sutherland shares a personal reflection on ‘mental health’ as a labelled issue of concern in UK higher education institutions. University and College Counselling, May 2024.

Mark Prever explains why the person-centred approach makes perfect sense when working with children and young people, whether as counsellor or other professional helper. Counselling Children and Young People, September 2010

'...the next few years for our profession will be influenced by the effects of the sacrifice, loss and adaptation that institutes, individuals and of course we ourselves have endured.' Regular column from Mark Fudge. University and College Counselling, March 2022

The majority of students in the sixth form college where I work are Muslim. I am from a Northern Irish Protestant background and have worked as a counsellor here for many years. University and College Counselling, May 2015

Open article: Max Marnau writes that how you proceed with a client you suspect might be autistic depends on whether you consider autism to be a deficiency or a difference. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2022

Open article: Frontline NHS workers are at high risk of burnout. Gloria Howard explains how a trauma-informed approach to treatment can be effective. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2024.

..."clients are active partners in the counselling process. We are dependent on them to help create a relationship..." Regular column from Lucy-Jean Lloyd. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2019

"In these times of instant solutions, with information constantly at our fingertips, isn’t that what most of us actually crave, a ‘real person’?" Regular column from Mary Jones. University and College Counselling, May 2016