Contents:

• Features
  • The glorification of terrorism and curtailments to public and private thinking spaces

    • As a nation, we have traditionally prided ourselves on our tolerance, particularly towards freedom of expression. Is this still the case? And to what extent does the issue penetrate the counselling setting of higher education institutions?

  • Improving access to psychological therapies – the story so far

    • The Doncaster Improving Access to Psychological Therapies pilot is likely to be particularly interesting to counsellors because of the way it dovetails into primary care mental health services, while at the same time having an extended reach. We report here on the first six months

  • Mastering the Septimcs islands

    • What are the benefits of a psychotherapy MSc gained online? Sheffield University has evaluated its theoretical course and found it ‘not wanting’

  • Faith in therapy

    • A thread running through Judaeo-Christian scriptures resonates with the person-centred approach – a creator ‘trusting the process’, with nothing to offer but an accompanying presence, refusing to take the quick-fix route

  • Counselling from an Islamic perspective

    • Spirituality is of central importance in counselling Muslim clients. But an Islamic perspective can be helpful in broadening our practice generally

  • The Woodpath project

    • The winner of last year’s BACP award for Excellence in the Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy is an Oxford-based voluntary organisation, Refugee Resource, for its Woodpath Project with young refugees and asylum-seekers

  • Encouragement and other Es

    • The essential ingredients of supervision can be used to develop the supervisee’s inner resources in a positive way

  • Cover feature

    • The evidence is that either we pay little attention to the risks posed by clients, or we find it impossible to put suitable measures in place. What is going on?

• Regulars
  • News
    • News

      • News

  • Editorial

    • There are seismic shifts going on in the world of counselling and psychotherapy. Now more than ever the profession, particularly in the healthcare sector, is being impacted by political and economic drivers of change – in the form of the Government’s agenda to improve access to psychological therapies

  • Letters
    • Letters

      • We welcome your letters. Letters not published in therapy today may be published online at www.therapytoday.net subject to editorial discretion. Email your letter to: therapytoday@bacp.co.uk
        or post it to: The Editor, therapy today, BACP House, St. John’s Business Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4HB

    • Power to the imagination

      • An appreciation of the life and work of Ronald Beasley 1923-2006

  • Marketing Toolbox
    • HPC regulation opposed by 100,000

      • The long-awaited White Paper ‘Trust, Assurance and Safety – The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century’, published on 21 February, confirms the Government’s intention to introduce statutory regulation for
        applied psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors and other psychological therapists through the Health
        Professions Council (HPC).

  • Reviews
    • Reviews

      • We are currently looking for reviewers for books received on gambling, professional behaviour, solutionfocused therapy and eating disorders. Please email reviews@bacp.co.uk to register your interest. Please include in your email your relevant experience regarding these subjects. Feedback and suggestions for titles for review welcome. Email reviews@bacp.co.uk

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    • Research

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    • Networking

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• BACP
  • BACP News
    • News

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  • BACP Professional Conduct
    • Professional conduct
  • BACP Professional Standards
    • Professional standards

      • professional standards

  • BACP Research
    • Research

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        Richards, Research Facilitator kaye.richards@bacp.co.uk