Magazine & Blog Submissions
Content Submissions Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in writing for The Science of Psychotherapy. We are catering to a broad cross-section of the medical/social science fields in an integrative approach to theory and practice of mind/brain/relational therapy. Most of our readers will be professionals in the areas of mental health. Some of our readers will not be practicing in these areas, but are simply interested in the mind and human behaviour. Our content, therefore, is written in an intelligent, properly referenced, yet accessible manner for a broad audience.
Blog Submissions
If you would like to become a guest blogger for our website, please use the form below to introduce yourself. We would like to know your credentials, a brief biography, what your particular interest is, and an example of your writing (no longer than a typical blog post of 500-1000 words).
We are looking for professionals who are willing to blog at least once a quarter in their areas of expertise. Blogs are visible to anyone visiting our website and are mentioned on our social media platforms as well. Authors are able to promote their products and services via links in their biographies on each blog. The Managing Editor retains the right to edit or reject any submissions.
Magazine Submissions
We are looking for articles that are clearly articulated, original, insightful, and properly referenced where applicable (APA style for references if it is aiming for the magazine). You should avoid niche specific jargon that would be difficult to understand by an intelligent reader from another field of expertise. We value both informal journalistic styles as well as research paper styles—be aware, however, that a very specialised research paper may be relatively incomprehensible by a general reader and so a journalistic summary of the research would better cater to our readership.
Articles that include personal experiences of the clinician, educator, or scientist, are often more engaging than just data about a particular experiment or theory—especially given a broad readership.
If you article is a case study then identifying information of clients and case material must be sufficiently changed to protect confidentiality and privacy of all involved. The Science of Psychotherapy will not be held liable for any breaches of confidentiality or privacy, this is the responsibility of the author.
Areas we cover:
Features
Feature articles can be on any subject related to Neuropsychotherapy, psychotherapy, psychology, or neuroscience that would be applicable to clinical practice. There will be two features published each month and a summary of the article published on the website. We will be looking for a broad selection of topics for each quarters publication.
Departments
There are a number of departments in the journal covering specialised fields and specific interests. These departments will feature short, informal journalism on a particular topic and are somewhere between 500-1000 words in length. The departments are: Neuroscience; Mechanisms of Change; Integration; Speculation; Applied Neuropsychotherapy; Brain, Mind & Consciousness; Spotlight (focus on an individual); and Speculation. Departmental content will be highlighted on the website. It is suggested that you read a few of the latest issues to get a feel for what we are publishing. There are also ‘Regular’ items including News in Brief, Research Front, Book Reviews, Prefrontal Muse, and Last Word. In general most material for these sections will be sought by one of our editors assigned to these sections. Finally blog style content is displayed on the website under any of the above subjects, but is not published in the magazine.
Submission Process
Feature Articles: Please use the contact form below to give us a brief summary of your article (not the whole article) and a brief biography. Let us know if your article has been previously published online, in print, or elsewhere. If you have been published elsewhere make sure you have the rights or permission to re-publish that particular article. If your article is of interest to us, one of our staff editors will get back to you via email. If we are interested in publishing your article, there will be a process of editing and revising in which we will collaborate with you via email to arrive at a high quality article with the appropriate ‘fit’ for our readership. Successful submissions will need to complete a publishing agreement (Please note that we will endeavour to respond to everyone who makes a submission, but this cannot be guaranteed depending on the volume of submissions)
Departments: Please contact the Managing Editor along with a brief biography (name, letters, professional position & activities) using the contact form below. One of our staff editors will respond to you if the article is what we are looking for.
Agreement Contributors to our magazine, journal and/or website must be willing to sign our publishing agreement you will find the PDF here that needs to be signed and returned