Guidelines for Submitting Articles to Psychotherapy.net

Thank you for your interest in writing for Psychotherapy.net, an online magazine read by psychotherapists all around the world. We publish articles that engage psychotherapists personally and professionally and are seeking original pieces that take fresh perspectives on new and traditional ideas.

Topics

Topics that we publish include stories that integrate professional and personal themes, psychotherapy across cultures, psychotherapist personal essays, psychotherapy integration in practice, supervision and consultation, psychotherapy and the arts, integration of psychotherapy and spirituality, multicultural concerns, application of outcomes research or theory, therapist development, self care and growth, psychotherapy with diverse populations including GLBT, disability, and veteran populations, and other themes relevant to individual, family, child, couples, and group psychotherapy. We welcome contributions from a wide range of theoretical, psychological and psychotherapeutic perspectives.

We also occasionally publish relevant book chapters, poetry, and movie reviews related to psychotherapy themes.

To Submit an Article

Please email your submission to psychotherapy.net and include a brief biography. Also, note whether the piece you are submitting has been published online, in a print journal, book, or elsewhere.

Writing Guidelines

We are seeking writing on psychotherapy that is relatively free of jargon, more conversational, using a story-telling format. We look for writing styles that are informal, yet professional, including the use of first person, active voice. Most of the articles we publish are about 4000 words. We also accept briefer articles of about 2000 words, as well as longer articles up to 8000 words. Photos and other material that enhance the quality of the material are welcome. References to research, studies, and sources may be relevant to your piece, but please use only when necessary and avoid extensive literature reviews. Note that we use footnotes for citations rather than references.

Articles and works published on Psychotherapy.net are copyrighted with full distribution rights but some exceptions are made for works previously published. The author retains permission to publish the piece in print format with reference to publication in Psychotherapy.net. Articles will often be selected as continuing education courses on Psychotherapy.net as well, which gives a wider readership. Each article that is published on Psychotherapy.net will have a publication date located at the end of the article for those wishing to cite the article.

Please look through our articles section at Psychotherapy.net to get a flavor for the various styles we publish.

Confidentiality and Ethics: Names and identifying information of all clients mentioned in case material should be sufficiently changed to protect their confidentiality and privacy in accordance with respective professional association guidelines for counselors, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. Please check with us regarding questions for disguising client identities and confidentiality concerns. All works should abide by the ethical guidelines of respective professional organizations as well.

Review Process

Psychotherapy.net publishes articles on a quarterly basis, and accepts submissions year round. Upon submission, your article will be reviewed by our editors and two or more professional psychotherapists for relevance, quality, style, content and fit for Psychotherapy.net. We will contact you by email to let you know we received it, then again after reviewing to let you know if it is accepted, if further review or changes are needed, or if we are passing on it. Regardless, we appreciate all inquiries and submissions to Psychotherapy.net, as it gives us a feel for what is of interest to our viewers and colleagues. Only a select number of articles are published quarterly in Psychotherapy.net. All articles are subject to editing through email with your cooperation and approval. Several revisions via email are usually required for accepted articles.

Who Reads Psychotherapy.net?

Professional psychotherapists of all stripes read Psychotherapy.net including counselors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, undergrad and grad students, nurses, professors, teachers, educational professionals, and anyone else interested in psychotherapy, counseling, and addictions work. People read our articles and interviews to get ideas for their clinical practice, to get in touch with new developments in the field, as part of a class, for enjoyment and knowledge, and even for continuing education credit. Psychotherapy.net is visited monthly by 30-40,000 people around the world in over 150 different countries.

Please contact us if you have questions about submitting your work to Psychotherapy.net.

Randall C. Wyatt, PhD
Editor in Chief, Psychotherapy.net