ACP News

Celebrating Black History Month

We talk to children about their hopes and fears during this time.

Evidence Base for Psychoanalytic  & Psychodynamic Interventions with Children Under 5 Years.

For Mother's Day  -  we are delighted to share a new podcast about motherhood. 

The ACP is calling for international cooperation and urgent action by declaring a climate and ecological emergency.

HEE has provided funding to the Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Schools to improve equity of access and inclusion for Black, Asian and minority ethnic entrants to training through the provision of bursaries.

Children and young people may have mixed feelings about the holidays. Read about why it can be tricky, and how parents can support children and young people.

With exam season being cancelled, young people are facing more uncertainty around their qualifications.

The ACP talked to Ann Horne, ACP Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist about Lydia.

We asked mothers to tell us about their experiences.

The ACP talked to Ricky Emanuel, ACP Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist about Isca.

The Bridge gave child psychotherapy a focus in their February Issue - this is a first!

Despite all the difficulties during the year, celebrations are important, and children need us to show them how to manage difficult times without despairing.

How Child & Adolescent psychotherapists think about suicide?

This is a ‘back to school’ like no other before!

Find out what it has been like to finish the child psychotherapy training during the pandemic, we spoke to a newly qualified member

In recent weeks it has become clear that COVID-19 has a disproportionate impact on people from BAME communities

It is all too easy to assume that because teenagers and adolescents do not desire to discuss current issues means they are doing okay

What advice and support should I be giving to my exam age children about their anxiety concerning their future?

Rachel Melville-Thomas is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist from the Association of Child Psychotherapists and she shares some top tips on helping your child with anxieties around COVID-19

We are looking forward to celebrating Black History Month. Over the month and beyond, we will be looking back on our history within the ACP and looking forward to future developments.

Evidence to support the effective delivery of multi-disciplinary children and young people’s mental health services

Report of a Survey of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists Providing Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for the Future