BACP supports calls for better access to therapy for people with prescription drug dependency News Published 21 Mar 2019 We welcome the recommendations that feature in a report to the Welsh Government
Rapper Professor Green urges people to be more open about their mental health News Published 26 Nov 2018 The singer-songwriter spoke about his own personal battles after his father’s death
Spotlight on training: Starting out on placement - less is more Journals Published 26 Nov 2020 "The best thing to say is rarely something ‘clever’ and almost never something that ‘sounds like what a counsellor might say’." Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2020
When is a mess not (just) a mess? Journals Published 30 Aug 2022 Open article: Sarah Haywood helps us to make sense of the messes that are created in therapy, and invites us to examine our own relationship with mess. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2022
Mindfulness in schools: some thorny issues Journals Published 30 Sep 2015 Jackie Watson introduces a 10-week mindfulness programme in schools and considers it against the criticisms levelled at the now-discontinued SEAL project. BACP Children and Young People, September 2015
In conversation with... Steve Boyce Journals Published 11 Mar 2020 Jeanine Connor talks to Steve Boyce about his work as chair of trustees to Schools OUT UK and LGBT+ history month. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2020
75% of people say their mental health has been impacted by the pandemic News Published 10 May 2021 Not seeing friends and family, isolation and worries about catching the virus among main reasons, our survey found
Firmly rooted Journals Published 30 Jun 2011 What does existential child therapy look like? Chris Scalzo, author of the recent 'Therapy with Children: an existential perspective', introduces us to the main ideas and offers some examples. Counselling Children and Young People, June 2011
The boarding school counsellor Journals Published 1 Jun 2022 In the second of our four-part series, Christina Thompson reflects on her experience as a boarding school counsellor, in conversation with Thurstine Basset. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2022
Word for word: Gill Bell Journals Published 30 Sep 2018 Our column in which we ask for a personal response to a given (blind) quote from the psychotherapeutic and counselling field. This time, Gill Bell writes about a quote from Phil Harris. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2018