Psychotherapy in Australia is a professional psychotherapy and counselling journal for the thinking therapy practitioner. It provides an independent forum to foster communication across the broad range of professionals involved in the field. Published quarterly in February, May, August and November for a readership of practitioners, academics and students the journal recognises and values a diversity of approaches. Articles written in an accessible style are published through both a refereed and non-refereed editorial process.
Each journal contains:
critical appraisal of theory and practice
information on specific approaches and modalities
exploration of human issues
book reviews
information on training and professional development opportunities
The journal is an independent publication and is not affiliated with any particular association or professional group. Academics and senior practitioners are represented on the journal's Editorial Advisory Group. Articles are assessed and edited by the journal's editorial staff, or, if preferred, can be subject to a peer review process and published as 'refereed'. Contributions to both sections of the journal are valued equally. Assessors are drawn from the journal's formal Editorial Advisory Group of academics and senior practitioners and, where appropriate, specialists in the field. Articles that illuminate research, techniques, case studies, human issues, and theory and practice issues of psychotherapy and counselling are selected for publication. The February and August issues of the journal are theme-based and forthcoming themes are advised in the journal.
Psychotherapy in Australia is indexed in the Australian Public Affairs Information Service of the National Library of Australia, the Australasian Medical Index, Meditext, Australian Family and Society Abstracts, and is listed on Psycline and the Social Science Information Gateway. Applications for other abstracting services are currently in process.
Editorial Policy
to recognise and value a diversity of approaches to psychotherapy and counselling
to encourage critical appraisal of psychotherapy and counselling
to foster communication between professionals in related areas, and thereby enhance the effectiveness of individual practitioners
Format
Articles submitted to the journal will be assessed by editorial staff of Psychotherapy in Australia unless identified for peer review
Articles for peer review should be submitted with a covering letter, specifically requesting the peer review process, and a separate title page. To ensure anonymity, the body of the article must not identify the author. Refereed articles are read by two assessors, who advise the editors on suitability for publication and the changes thought necessary. Please attach a separate sheet with your name, address, telephone number, fax number, email and brief 'author notes' describing your relevant background details (approx 20 words)
Articles are generally between 1000 to 4000 words in length and MUST be submitted either as an email attachment or on floppy disk, together with one paper copy. Our preferred program is Microsoft Word 97 for PC, but we can convert from most word processing programs. Minimal formatting, with a single space between sentences, is preferred.
PLEASE NOTE
All articles are subject to our editing processes. Authors are consulted on all recommended changes and are sent a copy of the article in final layout for proofing prior to publication.
No responsibility is assumed for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, artwork or illustrations.
Articles are only considered for publication if they are not being considered elsewhere. Please advise the editors if an article has been published or presented previously in any form.
If a direct case study is used, the author must seek a signed agreement from the client that this information can be used for publication. All care must be taken to disguise the identity of any client referred to in any written form.
The author must seek permission to quote from, or reproduce, copyright material from other sources and acknowledge this in the article.
Articles may be published on the journal web site.
References should be listed in alphabetical order in the following style:
Buber M. 1970, I and Thou, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. References in the text should be: (Buber, 1990), or (Smith, 1997: Adams and Jones, 1998). Please include page numbers when using a direct quotation e.g. (Smith, 1997, p.35)
Advertising
The journal carries a range of advertising, which is valued both in terms of its practical use to readers and as revenue support to the journal. Strict differentiation between advertising content and editorial content is maintained. The journal does not publish promotional 'editorial' material.
