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Theresa Hammond says friendships build confidence and improve mental health

Open article: Laura McDonald writes about how young people’s embodied self – and the often superficially conflicting messages sent by them – can guide our work as counsellors. BACP Children and Young People, December 2015

Drawing on many years’ experience of counselling in secondary schools, Peter Pearce and Ros Sewell propose a new theory to capture the sometimes fleeting nature of the counsellor’s relationship with young people. Therapy Today, July 2014

Former Blue star aims to 'break the taboo' after revealing his brother took his own life

Michelle Higgins worries that the rush to diagnosis ignores what is really making our children and young people unhappy. Therapy Today, March 2018

Rachel Casper highlights the impact of COVID-19 on children with special educational needs. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2021

Florence Nadaud applies a psychodynamic lens to the ways that family dynamics can get re-enacted in professional systems. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Emily Harrison examines the concepts of psychological and embodied agency for clients and therapists. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Editor Jeanine Connor answers the questions she is frequently asked about being published in this journal. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

"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