Black History Month 2023

Celebrating Black History Month

How to talk to children about their hopes and fears this Christmas?

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

New study shows positive impacts of therapy with young children and parents

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

Mother's Day - podcast on motherhood

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

ACP Statement on the Climate & Environmental Emergency

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

Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Bursaries

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.

End of term - Transitions

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.

Supporting young people through the academic results period

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

Ordinary experiences of motherhood in extraordinary times

We asked mothers to tell us about their experiences.

ACP contribution to The Bridge

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

How Parents and Carers Can Cope This Christmas

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

World Suicide Prevention Day 2020

How Child & Adolescent psychotherapists think about suicide?

How Should You Support Your Child with the Return to School in September - Post Lockdown?

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

Qualifying as a Child Psychotherapist During the Pandemic

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

ACP Statement on COVID-19 & Racism

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

Helping You Discuss the Stress Around COVID-19 with Teenagers in Your Home

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

Helping You with the Particular Anxieties of Exam Age Children

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

Helping Your Child with Coronavirus Questions & Worries

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

Black History Month 2021

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.

Specialist Provision for Complex Needs

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

Technology-Assisted Mental Health Services

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

ACP News