We seek writing on psychotherapy that is relatively free of jargon, more conversational, often using a story-telling format that includes case vignettes. We look for writing styles that are informal, yet professional, including the use of first person, and in an active voice, not the formality typically found in journals like the APA (however, we do edit pieces using the APA style).

We are especially interested in articles that include the experience of the therapist. Most of the articles we publish are about 4000 words, but we do 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, and these should be used only when absolutely necessary, and kept to a minimum.

Before you submit to us, we strongly encourage you to look through our Perspectives section at Psychotherapy.net to get a flavor for the various styles we publish.

We seek bloggers to write on any topics related to psychotherapy and counseling. These could pertain to particular populations or modalities, or the business of psychotherapy, or a day in the life of a grad student (or early career therapist, or late career therapist, etc.) Blogs should be written in an informal style—certainly lively, perhaps even punchy! Take a look at a few samples by bloggers Anastasia Piatakhina Gire, Howard Rosenthal, Tony Rousmaniere, and John Marzillier to get an idea of what we’re looking for. Blogs should be typically between 300 and 800 words, and bloggers should be committed to writing at least one blog every two months, although more frequently is preferred.

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. As a general rule of thumb, a client should not be able to recognize themselves in the narrative. 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.

Articles and works published on Psychotherapy.net are copyrighted by Psychotherapy.net with exclusive publication and full distribution rights. We do occasionally publish works previously published elsewhere with appropriate permissions. Authors may retain permission to publish the piece in print format, with reference to publication in Psychotherapy.net.

When accreditation standards are met, articles may 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.

Psychotherapy.net regularly publishes articles and accepts submissions year round. 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. Your piece will be reviewed by our staff editors and outside consultants 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. Only a select number of articles are published each month. All articles are subject to editing through email with your cooperation and approval. Several revisions via email are usually required for accepted articles. The feedback we have received from our authors is that the editing process is a rewarding and collaborative one which results in a higher quality final article

We compensate our contributors with credit for our videos and/or continuing education courses. Writers of accepted articles and interviews are given a one-year subscription to our Unlimited Membership. Bloggers will also get a one-year subscription to our Unlimited Membership after 2 blogs have been submitted and approved for publication on our website.

“Writing for Psychotherapy.net has been an extremely positive experience. The editorial process was supportive and collaborative, and helped me polish my writing. It has been gratifying to hear from readers who enjoyed my article, and a number of new professional opportunities have resulted from this publication.” – Jeff Sharp, PhD, Author of Lessons from the Depths: Scuba Diving and Psychotherapy with Men

“Having done a lot of writing and worked with a many editors, I found that working with Psychotherapy.net was pleasant and easy. Their expectations were clear from the outset, and edits were excellent. I would highly recommend writing for them, and would especially encourage newer authors to do so, as the guidance and expectations are a welcome experience in an ever complicated world of writing.”— Tamara McClintock Greenberg, PsyD, MS, Author of Psychotherapy with Medically Ill Patients: Hope in the Trenches

“Writing for Psychotherapy.net has been a great process and I thoroughly enjoyed working with the editors. I am very pleased and it inspires me to write even more. Thanks for the opportunity.”— Lisa Mitchell, MFT, ATR, Author of The Whole Truth: Coping Creatively with the Dark Side of Therapeutic Practice

“It has been a great experience to write an article and blog for Psychotherapy.net. As a new author, I have felt warmly welcomed and supported by the editorial staff. This opportunity to increase my online presence has also helped me to build and market my practice.”— Catherine Ambrose, MSS, LCSW