People tell how counselling changed their lives at Northern Ireland report launch News Published 1 Feb 2019 BACP joined service users, charities and GPs at Stormont for the unveiling of PPR's new research report
Being bullied Journals Published 30 Jun 2019 Callum Jones draws on his own and others’ experiences to demonstrate how counselling can enable healing from the chronic trauma of childhood bullying. BACP Children, Young People and Families, June 2019
Pay for school counsellors News Published 17 Mar 2022 Jo Holmes discusses the complexities of pay and pay-bands for school counsellors in England and introduces a new platform for commissioners to contract sessional counsellors to work directly with children, young people and families. BACP blogs.
“Worrying” postcode lottery of children’s mental health treatment revealed in report News Published 10 Apr 2019 BACP responds to the Children’s Commissioner’s report on young people’s mental health services
BACP welcomes MP's call for counsellor in every school News Published 25 Jan 2019 Young people's mental health was debated on BBC One's Question Time
Reflecting on... attention seeking Journals Published 30 Sep 2017 "... they want someone to notice and they want, at some level, someone to know how it feels." Regular column from Jeanine Connor. BACP Children and Young People, September 2017
Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents Journals Published 31 Dec 2017 Roslyn Law brings us up to date on interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents with depression (IPT-A) – an evidence-based intervention that has been gradually integrated within the IAPT collaboratives. BACP Children and Young People, December 2017
Snowflakes or widgets? Journals Published 31 Mar 2017 Edith Bell spoke at the BACP CYP conference in November 2016 on the need for counsellors to understand and allow for diversity in development. BACP Children and Young People, March 2017
Coping with loss Journals Published 26 Nov 2020 Open article: Michael Coombes looks to the aftermath of 9/11, for lessons learned in supporting children who are managing loss in the wake of COVID-19. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2020
Listening for healing: the musicality of the actualising tendency in action Journals Published 1 Sep 2020 Mike Moss shares his work with Normal, an adolescent on the road towards self-actualisation, and describes the use of music in therapy. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2020