Publications
My most recent publication, Relational Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling Private Practice: Solidarity, Compassion, Justice, has now been published by Routledge, as part of their 'Ethics In Action' series. You can find a published book review of it from Therapy Today Magazine, at the bottom of this page. It's available from Amazon and all other good bookshops.
The following, are authored books, book chapters, and/or significant contributions to texts:
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a new title authored by me, and, a new book chapter.
Binstead, C; Sarantakis, N. Relational Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling Private Practice (Routledge, 2024).
Binstead, C (2024). Contribution on relational ethics in private practice (overview of the text included within the 'Ethics in Action' series), in Navigating Relational Ethics in Day-To-Day Practice: Working Ethically in the Counselling Professions, Gabriel, L & Reeves, A (Routledge, 2024).
Binstead, C (2002). Experiences: A Clinical Supervisor, in Step in to Study Counselling & Psychotherapy, Lee, D; Sanders, P (PCCS).
The following 8 papers; aimed at assisting those starting out in private practice, are all authored by myself, or co-authored (as indicated), on behalf of The British Association for Counselling and psychotherapy (BACP):
Binstead, C (2021). Student to Private Practice. BACP Private practice toolkit.
Binstead, C (2021). The Buck Stops with you! BACP Private practice toolkit.
Binstead, C (2021). Location and Place of Work. BACP Private practice toolkit.
Binstead, C (2021) Negotiation of the Business with Ethical, Therapeutic Practice. BACP Private practice toolkit.
Binstead, C (2021). Growing your Practice, Advanced: The Uniqueness of You. BACP Private practice toolkit.
Binstead, C; Lloyd-Brown, D (2021). Contract Discussions - Contracting Template and Narrative. BACP Private practice toolkit.
Binstead, C (2021). Private Practice Check-List. BACP Private practice toolkit.
Binstead, C (2021). A Straight-forward guide to GDPR : Notes to accompany video discussion. BACP Private practice toolkit, and BACP Learning Centre.
The following, are recordings, but are part of the same work (as the papers above), which formed part of my role in creating and developing the BACP Private practice toolkit, as the divisional executive lead. The aims were around assisting private practitioners to develop both ethical, and thriving practice:
BACP (2021). A Straight-forward guide to GDPR - video discussion between Caz Binstead, Private practitioner and Supervisor (and in 2021, Private Practice Divisional Executive & Divisional Lead for the Private practice toolkit at BACP, and Dan Gibson, Data Protection lead at BACP. BACP Private practice toolkit, and BACP Learning Centre.
Binstead, C. Student to Private Practice, use of the BACP toolkit. Delivered originally at the BACP student conference 2021. BACP Private Practice toolkit.
BACP and Counselling Tutor Podcast Special (2020) : Starting a Private Practice in Counselling - Caz Binstead, BACP divisional executive Private practice toolkit lead, and Jo Langston, ethics services manager. BACP Private Practice toolkit, and Counselling Tutor Podcast hub.
The following, are published articles, and, interviews.
• Binstead, C. (2025) Are we really done with Covid? : Making sense of grief, loss and change in the pandemic era - autoethnographic reflections from a private practitioner. Therapy Today Magazine (Think Publishing).
• Binstead, C. (2025) Contracting as a relational process. Therapy Today Magazine (Think Publishing).
• 'Student Counsellor'. Interview with Caz Binstead (NCPS, Spring 2025).
• 'Counselling Matters'. Interview with Caz Binstead (NCPS, February 2025).
• Jackson, C with contributors (2023). The Big Issue: Counting the cost. Written contribution in Therapy Today (Think Publishing).
• Binstead, C. (2021) TherapistsConnect - About the community and the TraineeTalk platform. Student Counsellor (NCPS).
• Binstead, C (2021). Inspirational Private practice toolkit. Private Practice Journal (BACP).
• Binstead, C. (2020) Tools of the Trade. Private Practice Journal (BACP).
• Binstead, C (2020). Division news: New Private practice toolkit launched. Private Practice Journal (BACP).
• Binstead, C (2020). Launch of new Private practice toolkit. Therapy Today Magazine (Think Publishing).
• Brown, S with contributors (2019). Talking Point : Private practice - referring on. Written contribution in Therapy Today Magazine (Think Publishing).
• Binstead, C (2019). Anxiety - what therapy can help with. BACP.
• Jackson, C with contributors (2017). Talking Point : Supervision. Written contribution in Therapy Today Magazine (Think Publishing).
• Binstead, C (2016). What is bullying? Counselling Directory.
Book Endorsements
Invited to write endorsements for the books:
• Stop F*cking Nodding and other things 16 year olds say in therapy, Connor, J (PCCS, 2022).
• A Therapist's Guide to Private Therapy Practice: Building a Values-Based Business, Rees, S (Routledge, 2024).
• A Practical Guide For Working Therapeutically With Teenagers and Young Adults, Gifford, H (PCCS, 2025).
• COMING SOON (2026)!
Therapy Today Magazine - Book Reviewer:
• 15 book reviews published in Therapy Today magazine (Think Publishing), between 2013 and the present day, under the editors Catherine Jackson, Chris Rose and Jeanine Connor. This includes a review of Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Dissociation, (Kennedy, F; Kennerley, H; Pearson), which was subsequently picked up by the publisher Routledge, and added into the book as an endorsement.
Other Book Reviews:
• Binstead, C. (2020), review of All the Ghosts in the Machine, Kasket, E. Published in Cruse Bereavement Care Journal.
• Binstead, C. (2020), review of Drop the Disorder, Watson. J (ed). Published on Therapy Minded website.
Featured Work
• #TherapistsConnect has been acknowledged and written about in a number of books, especially around its community work and activism.
• Recommended reading on the SCoPEd project, in Step in to Study Counselling & Psychotherapy, Lee, Deborah; Sanders, Pete. features a piece written by me: Binstead, C (2019). Open letter regarding SCoPEd Project. PCSR (Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility).
Other Therapy-Related Writing
• Binstead, C (2022). Connect, connect, connect - TherapistsConnect. Poem about what #TherapistsConnect means to me (amended poem from an earlier poem for the first birthday of TherapistsConnect).
• Binstead, C (2021) - contributed to: top tips for students! BACP Student Conference, 2021.
• Binstead, C (2021). Lockdown Legacy. Poem written for #TherapistsCreate showcase.
• Binstead, C (2021). Connection Starts. Poem written for #TherapistsConnect poetry event.
• Binstead, C (2020). Happy Birthday TherapistsConnect. Written for #TherapistsConnect birthday.
• Binstead, C (2020). Announcing the Private practice toolkit. BACP Private Practice. (Blog).
• Binstead, C; Ludlow, L (2020). Private practice toolkit launch. BACP Private Practice. (Blog).
• Binstead, C (2019). Open letter regarding SCoPEd Project. PCSR (Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility).
• Blog writer - The Awareness Centre Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre, South West London (2012 - 2013).
Media Contributions (Quoted)
• Barbieri, A. (2014). I want my son to leave home. The Guardian Newspaper.
• BACP (2020). New toolkit launches to support private practitioners. News for members.
Editor
• Entire Private practice toolkit prior to its ‘soft’ launch in 2020. This included written material/articles, and recorded CPD.
If you want to find out more about the recently book, 'Relational Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling Private Practice', you might find it useful to read a review from the leading therapy magazine.
From Therapy Today - 'According to this book, almost 70% of BACP members work in private practice. By focusing on the business side of private practice the authors cover topics such as getting started, practice management, marketing, contracting, social awareness, supervision and more. The sense of solidarity alluded to in the title comes across throughout because, as Binstead and Sarantakis note, private practice can be liberating but lonely. Their book offers a supportive and structured way of navigating this isolation and disorientation.
I like the broad perspective offered by this book. The authors employ a "three-dimensional model" to discuss key issues, which takes in the respective viewpoints of clients, therapists and society as a whole. Case studies appear throughout the book to illustrate ethical dilemmas. Binstead and Sarantakis provide their own commentaries on these studies, and I found it helpful to read what these two experienced practitioners had to say. I also liked the book's exercises, which are designed to prompt deeper personal reflections or generate action points.
The authors don't shy away from the potential challenges of working in private practice, but they encourage readers to address key issues in a confident and balanced way. So whether you're a novice or an old hand, if you're one of the 70% then I recommend this book.'
~ Mark Williams MBACP, counsellor in private practice.