Welcome to Thoughtful Therapists
Counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists fighting to preserve ethical therapy in the face of political imposition of queer theory and gender identity ideology
Recent News
Nov 2026
Terry Patterson of Thoughtful Therapists talks to Kate Barker of LGB Alliance
20 minute conversation about how the Conversion Practices bill would stop therapists doing their job
Aug 2026
Thoughtful Therapists Response to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill
Read our 11 page briefing on the draft bill
Aug 2026
Wolves in White Coats - How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine”
One page summary of this watershed US report by Peter Jenkins
Aug 2026
Serious concerns about how the BACP’s draft ethical framework is queering psychotherapy and counselling
Sue Parker Hall raises serious questions about whats really behind the new ethical framework
Dec 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Therapists SLAM therapeutic bodies for ‘industrial capture of gender ideology’
Thoughtful Therapists appear on live TV to expose the ideological capture of our professional bodies and the impact this has of the trajectory towards mecicalisation of vulnerable children
Nov 2025
Trans Formation: How Gender Identity Ideology Took over the BACP
How did BACP change so drastically from a formerly respected professional therapy association, to a quasi-political movement for social justice advocacy, and within such a short space of time? Peter Jenkins
Oct 2025
New support group for therapists in training - If you are struggling on your training course due to the imposition of political ideology, specifically Queer Theory and gender ideology, please come and join others in our new super secure moderated WhatsApp Group just for trainees. Join us and then we will add. you to the group
June 2025
Why We Must Protect Puberty
How Genspect’s Memorandum of Understanding is rallying a global movement to defend healthy adolescent development - add your signature here!
May 2025
What Happens When a Generation Grows Up Without Reality – Jaco van Zyl
Psychotherapist Jaco van Zyl explores how Western culture's shift from duty to gratification is harming young people's psychological development. From the dangers of gentle parenting to the allure of "my truth," this conversation dives deep into what we're getting wrong—and how we can build something better.