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  Open Letter to the Leadership and Ethics Committees of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy On 18 February 2026, a group of BACP members and other therapeutic professionals submitted the following open letter expressing concern about the growing incorporation of specific political frameworks into definitions of ethical practice, and calling for a reaffirmation of theoretical pluralism and ideological neutrality within the profession. The letter is reproduced in full below. Open Letter to the Leadership and Ethics Committees of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy 18 Feb 2026 To the Leadership and Ethics Committees of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, We, the undersigned BACP members and other therapeutic professionals, are deeply concerned by the growing incorporation of critical social justice frameworks into the BACP’s definitions of ethical practice and competence. The President’s column in the October 2025 The...