What’s Faith got to do with Therapy?
Integrating Christian beliefs into CBT for Christian African & Caribbean British Communities Ontonio Dawson and Leila Lawton This article was originally published in CBT Today magazine, May 2025 As therapists we seek to develop a shared understanding of our service users, patients or clients’ difficulties. Our environmental, socio-political, socio-economic and socio-religious context can influence meaning […]
Balancing patient needs and resource constraints
In this series we consider ethical dilemmas and concerns that come up in CBT and think about how we might respond to them. These articles are intended to stimulate reflection and discussion, without necessarily providing a definitive answer. Thank you to members who have contacted us to ask questions and share dilemmas they face. We […]
How to manage requests from clients to transition from NHS to private CBT services
In this series we consider ethical dilemmas and concerns that come up in CBT and think about how we might respond to them. These articles are intended to stimulate reflection and discussion, without necessarily providing a definitive answer. Thank you to members who have contacted us to ask questions and share dilemmas they face. We […]
When clients are sent to therapy: Navigating consent, coercion, and choice
In this series we consider ethical dilemmas and concerns that come up in CBT and think about how we might respond to them. These articles are intended to stimulate reflection and discussion, without necessarily providing a definitive answer. Thank you to members who have contacted us to ask questions and share dilemmas they face. We […]
How much should I tell a client about myself?
In this series we consider ethical dilemmas and concerns that come up in CBT and think about how we might respond to them. These articles are intended to stimulate reflection and discussion, without necessarily providing a definitive answer. Thank you to members who have contacted us to ask questions and share dilemmas they face. We […]
What should I do when a client discloses a single incident of historic abuse?
In this series we consider ethical dilemmas and concerns that come up in CBT and think about how we might respond to them. These articles are intended to stimulate reflection and discussion, without necessarily providing a definitive answer. Thank you to members who have contacted us to ask questions and share dilemmas they face. We […]
Can I form a romantic relationship with a former client?
In this series we consider ethical dilemmas and concerns that come up in CBT and think about how we might respond to them. These articles are intended to stimulate reflection and discussion, without necessarily providing a definitive answer. Thank you to members who have contacted us to ask questions and share dilemmas they face. We […]
CBT Today featured article – Sep 2022
Focus on men’s mental health Saiqa Naz This year BABCP’s Annual Conference at Imperial College London saw the us kick-start our 50th anniversary celebrations. For those of you who read my manifesto in 2021, I specifically mentioned men’s mental health as something I would like to focus on during my presidency. And so […]
CBT Today featured article – February 2022
LGBT+ History Month: The importance of awareness and understanding for LGBT+ considerations within clinical practice For LGBT+ History Month, it is important to acknowledge how far the UK has come in advancing the rights of LGBT+ people, but also the work that still needs to be done. I say this as we are aware […]
CBT Today featured article – December 2021
News reports of the evacuation of Afghan nationals fleeing Kabul earlier this year forced us to confront the reality of what it means to be displaced due to persecution and war.
