British Journal of Psychotherapy

Published in association with the British Association of Psychotherapists

Print ISSN: 0265-9883
Online ISSN: 1752-0118
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 26 / 2010

TopAuthor Guidelines

AIMS AND SCOPE

The BJP occupies a unique place in the field of psychotherapy journals with an Editorial Board drawn from a wide range of psychotherapy training organisations. Although psychoanalytic psychotherapy is its primary focus, it has traditionally sought to make links and comparisons with other therapeutic methods. Its aim, therefore, although not necessarily integrative, is inclusive. It is a Journal for working clinicians, addressing their professional concerns: developments in research; considerations of theory and technique; applications of psychoanalytic thinking; and the politics of the profession.


SUBMISSIONS

All submissions to the British Journal of Psychotherapy (BJP) should be made via the online electronic editorial office. Full instructions and a help facility are available at the BJP ScholarOne Manuscripts site - http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/psychotherapy

The manuscript should be typed double-spaced on one side of the page. Average length of manuscripts should be around 5000 to 8000 words, not including references or Abstract {of up to 150 words}. In-text references should be shown as follows: (Gay 1988) or (Gay 1988, pp. 143-7). All direct quotations should have a page reference, using minimum numbering as in the example given. The list of references should be supplied in one of the main versions of the Harvard style, as in the following examples:

Sole-authored book: Gay, P. (1988) Freud: A Life for Our Time. New York: Norton.

Co-authored book: Laplanche, J. & Pontalis, J.-B. (1973) The Language of Psycho-

Analysis. London: Hogarth.

Chapter in author's own collection: Winnicott, D.W. (1954) Withdrawal and

Regression. In D.W. Winnicott, Through Paediatrics to Psychoanalysis. New York: Basic Books, 1975, pp. 255-61.

Chapter in edited collection: Stern, D. (1983) Implications of infancy research for

psychoanalytic theory and practice. In L. Grinspoon (ed.), Psychiatry Update.

Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Journal article: Samson, A. (1988) Science, metaphor and meaning in The

Interpretation of Dreams. British Journal of Psychotherapy 14: 327-36.

References should be double-spaced, and placed in alphabetical order at the end of the manuscript after any Notes, Acknowledgements, etc. Only works cited in the text should appear in the references; please do not include a general bibliography.

Five Key Words are also required in addition to the Abstract. Please visit our website for further details on how to optimize your Abstract and Key Words for Search engines: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/seo.asp

If you require more information on submitting your manuscript for publication, please contact the Editorial Administrator during the following working hours:

Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 10.30am - 7pm
Wednesday 12pm - 8.30pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm

Shirley Hart
Librarian/Editorial Administrator
The British Association of Psychotherapists
37 Mapesbury Road
London NW2 4HJ
Telephone: 020 8438 2414
E-mail: bjpadmin@thebap.org.uk
Website: www.bap-psychotherapy.org

Book Reviews:
If you wish to submit a book for review, please first contact Liane Aukin, Book Reviews Editor, at laukin@btinternet.com.
Please do not send books without contacting the Book Reviews Editor for an address.

OFFPRINTS

One PDF offprint is supplied on publication. Where a manuscript is jointly authored, the offprints will be sent to the first author. We regret we cannot provide offprints of book or arts reviews.

PRE-SUBMISSION ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITING

Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at:

www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/english_language.asp.

All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication

NOTES ON CONFIDENTIALITY

Authors will be aware that there is a conflict between the privacy of patients on one hand, and the need when writing up cases for publication to provide lucid and transparent clinical material, on the other. No perfect solution to this dilemma exists, although there are a number of methods which authors tend to use: disguising material, consent from patients (preferably written), composite material from a number of comparable cases, or the report of colleagues or supervisee's clinical cases, are various methods in use for protecting confidentiality. None of these is entirely satisfactory and you will have to choose which one, or more, you need when using material from your patients, groups or institution. Which method(s) you use will also depend on the kind of evidence or illustration that your paper needs in order to clarify your points. All authors are requested to consider the best alternative in the particular circumstances, but above all, you should consider the clinical situation of the particular patient(s), and choose carefully which method(s) you use to preserve confidentiality in each of the cases reported. It is important not to overdo the details, which both risks recognising the patient, and can risk making the paper long-winded. At the same time, enough detail must be given for readers to assess for themselves the claim you are making in your paper.

Papers are accepted for submission and for review on the grounds that authors have considered these delicate matters carefully. We would request that when patient's consent is asked and given that you indicate this to the Editor.

Exclusive Licence Form

Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various medium/circumstances (please see the form for further details). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the standard form here.

Author Services NEW: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Blackwell's Author Services. Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production so they don't need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Authors will also receive a PDF version of their final published article. Visit http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/journal.asp for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

Please note that authors do not receive a print copy of their article upon publication. PDF copies of final articles are now sent to authors via the Author Services system outlined above.