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‘It was heartening to bring together so many highly experienced workplace counsellors and service managers from right across the UK’. Regular column from Julie Hughes. Íø±¬ÃÅ Workplace, July 2021

The metaphor of a kidnapper can be useful when working with people who suffer from intrusive thoughts about harm befalling a loved one, as Dr Daren Lee explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

A delusion can stabilise and secure a person’s identity, says Conor McCormack. Clinicians should therefore treat with respect and sensitivity the beliefs of a psychotic patient. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Janet Toulson Sayers looks back on more than 50 years as an NHS psychologist. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Open article: Uma Thomas draws on her experience of working with people who are dying to encourage us to consider some of the complexities and rewards of counselling clients at the end of life. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

Open article: Andrew Balfour describes an intervention that recognises the importance of relationships and of working not only with people with dementia but also their partners. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023

Íø±¬ÃÅ Healthcare news and resources. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023.

Liam Hallett a lead psychologist for older people's services explores the roles and insights of self-care strategies, and the transformative power of the therapeutic relationship. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2023

When she was admitted to a psychiatric ward, Caroline Smith didn’t know if she would ever come out. She describes her experience and wonders how we could better support mental health patients. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023

'Our clients usually come to us because they want something to change. It might be their outlook, their responses or their self-perception’ Regular column from Judy Stafford. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2023