Welcome to our curated collection of research papers and academic journals, designed to deepen your understanding, fuel your curiosity, and expand your knowledge in psychology, counselling theory and practice, personal development, and related fields. Whether you're looking for in-depth thought-pieces, ground-breaking research, or scholarly insights to enhance your personal growth or study, we've got something for you. Each paper and journal in 'The Library' has been carefully selected by our team of experts, ensuring it provides valuable, ethical, and thought-provoking perspectives. Dive into these resources and elevate your intellectual journey!
The library
Papers & Journals
Race, Culture & Society
‘Being Black IX: Notes On Our Heartrending Existential Invisibility’ - By Dwight Turner
‘Client Autonomy versus Therapist Discrimination’ - Therapy Today, Oct 2021
‘Dear white friends - I need you to love my sons as they grow into black men’ - By Jacalyn Wetzel
‘From disconnection to connection: ‘Race’, gender and the politics of therapy’ - By Khatidja Chantler
‘George Floyd protests: What do ‘thug’, ‘white privilege’ and ‘ally’ mean?’ - BBC
‘Privilege, shame and supremacy’ - By Dwight Turner
‘Race and the core conditions’ - By Dwight Turner
‘The Suffragettes weren’t just white, middle-class women throwing stones’ - By Sarah Jackson
‘White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack’ - By Peggy McIntosh
Disability
‘My bag for life’ - By Rosie Dansey
‘When words fail’ - By David O’Driscoll, Therapy Today, Mar 2020, Volume 31, Issue 2
‘Working with disability’ - By Maggie Fisher, Therapy Today, Apr 2015, Volume 26, Issue 3
Neurodiversity
‘‘Diagnosis is rebirth’: women who found out they were autistic as adults’ - By Amelia Hill
‘The neurodiverse therapist - being other and finding my place’ - By Louise Taylor
‘Therapists, are you harming your autistic and ADHD clients? (Part One)’ - By Tania Glyde
Harm & Distress
‘‘Buckling’ NHS fails to treat 250,000 children with mental health problems’ - By Rachel Hall
‘Boys can be victims too’ - By Phil Mitchell, Therapy Today, Oct 2017, Volume 28, Issue 8
‘Crap life disorder’ - By Michelle Higgins, page 34
‘Emotional and Psychological Trauma’ - helpguide.org
‘Police in England and Wales to screen suspects for signs gambling addiction is driving crime’ - By Jon Ungoed-Thomas
‘Riding the wave’ - By Catherine Jackson, Therapy Today, Apr 2022
‘Self-harm among young children in UK doubles in six years’ - By Sarah Marsh
‘Written on the body’ - By Alessandra Lemma
Counselling theory
‘Attachment and digital communication’ - By Linda Cundy, Therapy Today, Feb 2015, Volume 26, Issue 1
‘Counselling students from an attachment perspective’ - By Jane McChrystal, AUCC, May 2011
‘Ethological Attachment Theory: A Great Idea in Personality?’ - By Patricia Pendry
‘Healing from Attachment Issues’ - By Lisa Firestone Ph.D
‘Mary Ainsworth: Insightful Observer and Courageous Theoretician’ - By Inge Bretherton
‘Non-directivity: therapeutic and meta-therapeutic perspectives’ - By Mick Cooper
‘Person Centred Therapy’ - By Brian Thorne
‘The Implications of Attachment Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy’ - By Meifen Wei, Ph.D
‘Transactional Analysis’ - By Eric Berne M.D
‘What does the ‘actualising tendency’ actually mean?’ - By Mick Cooper, Therapy Today, Sept 2019
‘Why public schoolboys like me and Boris Johnson aren’t fit to run our country’ - By Richard Beard
‘‘Diagnosis is rebirth’: women who found out they were autistic as adults’ - By Amelia Hill
‘10 ways practitioners can avoid frequent ethical pitfalls’ - By Deborah Smith
‘Are you ready for your death?’ - By Maggie Fisher & Simon Cole, Therapy Today, May 2019, Volume 30, Issue 4
‘Assessment’ - By Sally Brown, Therapy Today, Sept 2019
‘Boys can be victims too’ - By Phil Mitchell, Therapy Today, Oct 2017, Volume 28, Issue 8
‘Breaches in confidentiality’ - By Tim Bond & Barbara Mitchels
‘Client Autonomy versus Therapist Discrimination’ - Therapy Today, Oct 2021
‘Clinical wills and digital legacies in the counselling professions’ - BACP, Good Practice in Action, 104
‘Contracting’ - By Sally Brown, Therapy Today, Oct 2019
‘Counselling students from an attachment perspective’ - By Jane McChrystal, AUCC, May 2011
‘Crap life disorder’ - By Michelle Higgins, page 34
‘Fitness to practice in the counselling professions’ - BACP Good Practice in Action 078
‘Fitness to practice in the counselling professions’ - BACP, Good Practice in Action 078
‘Have you made a clinical will?’ - By Sally Despenser, Therapy Today, Sept 2008, Volume 19, Issue 7
‘Making the contract in the counselling professions’ - BACP, Good Practice in Action 055
‘On the right platform?’ - By Sally Brown, Therapy Today, Sept 2022
‘Revised Prevent Duty Guidance: for England and Wales’ - HM Government
‘Riding the wave’ - By Catherine Jackson, Therapy Today, Apr 2022
‘Seduction in the Counselling Room - By Vicki Kirby, Therapy Today, Jun 2019, Volume 30, Issue 5
‘The Implications of Attachment Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy’ - By Meifen Wei, Ph.D
‘The neurodiverse therapist - being other and finding my place’ - By Louise Taylor
‘The only way is ethics’ - By Catherine Jackson, Therapy Today, July 2018
‘Therapists, are you harming your autistic and ADHD clients? (Part One)’ - By Tania Glyde
‘Walking our talk’ - By Sally Brown, Therapy Today, Nov 2018
‘What does the ‘actualising tendency’ actually mean?’ - By Mick Cooper, Therapy Today, Sept 2019
‘What You Need to Know When Clients Dissociate, Part 1’ - By Lisa Ferentz
‘When words fail’ - By David O’Driscoll, Therapy Today, Mar 2020, Volume 31, Issue 2
‘Who cares for the wounded carers?’ - By Fiona Dunkley
‘With the best will in the world’ - By Michael Toller, Therapy Today, Apr 2022
‘Working with disability’ - By Maggie Fisher, Therapy Today, Apr 2015, Volume 26, Issue 3
‘Your views: Who holds the power?’ - By Premila Trivedi, Therapy Today, Jun 2015, Volume 26, Issue 5
Counselling Practice
Sex, identities & society
‘How sex therapy has changed from the 1970s to the present: a personal view’ - Dr Michael Perring, UKCP
‘46 Terms That Describe Sexual Attraction, Behavior, and Orientation’ - By Mere Abrams
‘Let’s talk about sex’ - By Jules Prentice, Therapy Today, Feb 2023
‘Beyond Kubler-Ross: Recent developments in our understanding of grief and bereavement’ - By Christopher Hall
‘Do you suffer from grief? Eight simple steps to help you through bereavement’ - By Bella Pollen
‘The Whirlpool of Grief, Dr Richard Wilson’ - By Alex James
Grief
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