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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

With the increasing rise in transphobia and trans antagonism, it can be hard to know whether a therapist practices in a way that respects and affirms your identity and experience. That’s why TACTT have developed a new trans affirming therapist checklist!

A set of prompts and questions for anyone looking to understand if their therapist is trans-affirming. The image is in two columns - red flags and green flags. The resource is created by “therapists against conversion therapy and transphobia” and at the bottom is the TACTT website: www.therapistsagainsttransphobia.org.

The image text reads: Heading: Is my therapist Trans Affirming?

Full alt text can be found here: https://therapistsagainsttransphobia.org/2026/08/26/new-resource-trans-affirming-therapist-checklist/

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

PCU NHS/Health Network 🗓️ Monday 14th September 🕗 7:30pm 📍Zoom (Members can find the link on our website: pcunion.org.uk/account/?act..., or you can email admin@pcunion.org.uk)

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

PCU are proud to be one of the many signatories to this statement from Amnesty International on the escalation in racist violence

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On Monday, the PCU did something that hasn't been done before; we brought together organisations from across the industry to talk about reasonable adjustments for therapists in training. We did this because it's an issue raised by members. Read more: pcunion.org.uk/news/reasona...

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

PCU members - we want to hear from you! If you are a UKCP member, what do you think about @ukcp.org.uk attending the Reform UK party conference? 📥 Check your inbox and have your say Not a PCU member yet? Join us: pcunion.org.uk/join/ #JoinAUnion #JoinPCU #WatchThisSpace

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Remembering Dr Jason Arday We are deeply saddened by the death of Dr Jason Arday, and we send our condolences to his family & friends. Please consider signing the @goodlawproject.org petition calling for an 'Immediate Public Inquiry' into responsible press. goodlawproject.org/petition/jas...

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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Liz Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A privilege to be on @lbc.co.uk as GS of PCU at the weekend, responding to @andyburnham.bsky.social announcement of #mentalhealth community hubs - moving sites will not help tackle the mental health crisis. Millions are waiting and our members are willing & waiting to help the Govt. Lets talk PM!

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We stand in solidarity with dual card holding PCU & UNISON members, High Intensity Therapists (HIT), who have taken industrial action in their long-running pay discrimination dispute with Norfolk & Waveney Mind & the contract holder Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. #MindThePayGap #JoinaUnion

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

PCU was privileged to attend the recent the Person-Centred Association conference. Liz (PCU Gen Sec) & Mat (PCU NEC member) had a wonderful day representing us at a fabulous conference! We look forward to future collaborations🤝 #tPCA #personcentred #counselling #psychotherapy #joinaunion

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

PCU has a Trainee Network for Psychotherapy and Counselling Students. The trainee Network is informal and member-led. Next Meeting: 🗓️ Thursday 23rd July 🕖 7:00–8:00pm 📍Zoom (Please contact admin@pcunion.org.uk to register your interest and for the Zoom link)

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 14/07/2026

NEW 🚨| 22 trade union leaders, representing more than 1.3 million workers, are calling on @rockstargames.com to stop playing games with workers' rights and recognise the @gameworkers.co.uk . Read and share the letter below 👇 #Solidarity #StrikeMap

Dear Jenn Kolbe and Rob Spampinato

Rockstar stop playing games with workers rights

We call on Rockstar Games to recognise the IWGB Rockstar Union.

The success of the video games industry comes from the efforts of its workers and it is essential that structures are created to ensure the workers have a voice in decision making.

Without the Rockstar workforce, Grand Theft Auto would not be one of the highest grossing video game franchises of all time. Now Rockstar workers must be given a seat at the table so they can share in this success.

The IWGB has a proud record bringing together workers in the video games sector - launched by the Game Workers Unite international and lately having achieved the first recognition agreement in the sector at ZA/UM.

Workers at Rockstar have chosen the IWGB for their union, and it is only right that Rockstar respects their choice and agrees to bargain with them.

Every worker, including those at Rockstar, deserves to be and should be part of a union.

We hope you will make the right choice.

Yours

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

PCU Arts Therapies Meeting: 🗓️ Friday 19th June 🕖 7 - 8pm 📍Online (please email admin@pcunion.org.uk for the link) Open to all PCU members who use art, music, drama, movement, or other HCPC-regulated therapies in their practice. Arts therapies students are welcome too.

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Success! PCU’s First Parliamentary Drop-In Session An enormous thank you to all the MPs and parliamentary staff who took the time to join our first Parliamentary Drop-In Session on 3rd June in Westminster. Read more: pcunion.org.uk/news/pcus-fi... #psychotherapy #counselling #mentalhealth

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union (PCU) stands in solidarity with the members of Goldsmiths University and College Union (GUCU) in their ongoing dispute with Goldsmiths. pcunion.org.uk/news/pcu-ful... #Goldsmiths #GUCU #Union

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PCU fully supports GUCU members

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Liz Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It's official! Thank you to the members! Looking forward to collaborating 💛 #joinaunion @pcunion.bsky.social

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Liz Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Humbled to be given the chance to represent the members of @pcunion.bsky.social as #GeneralSecretary. Thank you @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social @bfawu.bsky.social & Elizabeth Cotton @survivingwork.bsky.social for endorsement! AGM 🔗 lnkd.in/eGXhZWEY Join PCU 🔗 lnkd.in/ekNvSFDJ #JoinaUnion ❤️

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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Calling all #psychotherapists and #Counsellors we need you. We need you to join @pcunion.bsky.social AGM 16 May to vote in our next General Secretary @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social JOIN HERE pcunion.org.uk/join-pcu-live/

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Stress Awareness Month: You’re Not Alone Stress affects our mental and physical wellbeing, and support is important. Being part of a union isn’t just about representation, it’s about knowing that you’re part of a wider community. pcunion.org.uk #StressAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthMatters #PCU

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

PCPB Evidence Forum (theme: the future of the profession). All members' meeting: 🗓️ Thursday 14th April ⏰ 7pm 📍Zoom (members can contact admin@pcunion.org.uk for the link) There is more information for PCU members on our website: pcunion.org.uk/pcpb/ #PCPB #Psychotherapists #Counsellors

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 10/02/2026

San Francisco teachers are back on the picket line Tuesday for Day 2 of the city's first educator walkout in almost 50 years. Negotiations went until 9PM last night. The union & district are closer, but the major sticking points remain stuck. missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-t...

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S.F. teachers strike: Union, district make progress — but major sticking points remain stuck

San Francisco teachers are back on the picket line Tuesday for Day 2 of the city's first educators strike in almost 50 years.

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

School counselling is vital to tackling misogyny and helping young people feel they belong. Our article for Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 explores why school counselling matters. 🔗 pcunion.org.uk/news/childre... #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #ThisIsMyPlace #SchoolCounselling #PCU

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2026

“This Is My Place”: Why School Counselling Matters in Tackling Misogyny and Belonging This year’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, (9th-15th February), run by the Place2Be, focuses on the theme of ...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

BREAKING - WE HAVE WON! Following a successful Judicial Review brought by Huda Ammori, and a sustained campaign of defiance by defend our juries leading to almost 3,000 ‘terror’ arrests, the ban on Palestine Action has been ruled unlawful in the courts.

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We continue to stand with 5 therapists bringing an employment tribunal case against Metanoia Institute. The claimants urgently need to raise more funds ahead of a critical 13 February deadline. 🔗 Read the latest update: pcunion.org.uk/news/update-... #Solidarity #AntiRacism #PCU #Psychotherapy

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Update: Metanoia Institute Legal Case

Metanoia Institute Legal Case & Urgent Fundraising Appeal The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union (PCU) continues to stand in solidarity with the five claimants in the employment tribunal case against...

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

New PCU NHS/Health Network – next meeting is Monday 2nd February, 8pm on Zoom. This group is a space to share experiences and support one another. To get the link, PCU members can email admin@pcunion.org.uk.

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 30/01/2026

SHUT IT DOWN 3-D All sites, all day. Not a wheel turned. Victory to the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Brum Bin workers. Your move Prime Minister 🫵 #Megapicket #StrikeMap #Megapicket3D #Megapicket3 #Birmingham #BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Help make sure everyone accessing support through NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety gets timely, appropriate and high-quality care by asking your MP to support the letter to NICE. Ask your MP to sign the joint campaign letter here www.psychotherapy.org.uk/policy-and-r... (3/3)

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NICE anxiety guideline campaign

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Fantastic to meet @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social in Parliament last week. A great opportunity for EC member @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social on behalf of PCU, to introduce our union, discuss our campaigns & the challenges that our members are facing. #psycotherapy #counselling #joinaunion @gftu.org.uk

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Last night at the Golden Globes, Erin Doherty took a moment to thank therapists in her acceptance speech. It’s a thoughtful public acknowledgement of the incredible, but often unseen, work that therapists and counsellors do every day. The link to Erin’s speech is in the comments.

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

We’re supporting Megapicket3D on 30 January 2025. We support the @unitetheunion.bsky.social refuse workers in their ongoing strike . RSVP to let @strikemap.org know you are coming here: bit.ly/Megapicket3R...

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Join the Brum Bin Strike Megapicket 3-D, 30 January 2026

RSVP and sign up with your comrades to join the Brum Bin Strike Megapicket on 30 January 2026.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

PCU marks UK Disability History Month by restating our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion within our roles as psychotherapists and counsellors and in our support for members pcunion.org.uk/news/disabil...

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Disability History Month

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

PCU is pleased to have had the opportunity to meet recently with the Association of Christian Counsellors and start a dialogue. We also discussed PCPB and how vital it is we have a voice. We look forward to further constructive discussions #psychotherapy #counselling #therapy #PCUnion #ACC #PCPB

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Opposing genocide is not terrorism. Make your choice. www.wedonotcomply.org

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...

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The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage

The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage

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Public and Commercial Services Union @pcsunion.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Watch PCS GS Fran Heathcote talk about the new report by #PCS & Refugees Together: "The economic case for a fair and humane asylum system," launched in parliament last night. Produced by @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social it makes the case for a fair & humane asylum system. www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

We are grateful to Nadia Whittome MP for submitting the very pertinent Written Question to the Secretary of State for Education below, following our recent meeting, concerning the lack of statutory funding for school counsellors in England pcunion.org.uk/news/school-...

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School Counselling Funding Question Response

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 13/11/2025

BREAKING 🚨 | @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social has signed our campaign calling on Bham CityCouncil to end the Brum Bin Strike. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Councillors & MPs can add their support here bit.ly/LabourEndTheBrumBinStrike #EndTheBrumBinStrike #StrikeMap #LabourEndTheBinStrike #Birmingham

Promotional poster featuring Neil Duncan-Jordan MP, with text thanking him and advocating for an end to the Brum Bin Strike. The image includes a portrait of Neil centered between supportive messages.

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The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union @pcunion.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined our Post-BACP AGM Forum last week. We’ve had some really positive feedback about the forum, with people finding it useful to have a supportive space to share experiences and reflections after the BACP AGM.

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Public and Commercial Services Union @pcsunion.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#PCS members working at the four Tate Gallery venues in England have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action over pay, terms and conditions. They will walk out from 26 November to 2 December. www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/... #PCSonStrike #Solidarity

Graphic reads: Tate members vote for strike action - 87.7% turnout, 98% voted yes.

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Liz Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Finally done it. Resigned from the Labour Party. Really sad it had to come to this.

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 31/10/2025

BREAKING 🚨 | @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social has signed our campaign calling on Bham City Council to end the Brum Bin Strike. @labouruk.bsky.social Councillors & MPs can add their support here: bit.ly/LabourEndTheBrumBinStrike #EndTheBrumBinStrike #StrikeMap #LabourEndTheBinStrike #Birmingham

Promotional poster featuring John McDonnell MP, with text thanking him and advocating for an end to the Brum Bin Strike. The image includes a portrait of John McDonnell centered between supportive messages.

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