State the question clearly
Make the psychotherapy practice, research, clinical, methodological, or service question clear in the title, abstract, and manuscript framing.
International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research
Instructions for Authors
Use this guide to prepare a psychotherapy practice or research manuscript for IJPR. It focuses on fit, responsible handling of sensitive material, required declarations, and the next submission step.
Start with relevance
Confirm the work belongs in IJPR.
Read the journal’s scope before preparing a manuscript. The published record includes research articles, reviews, and case reports; category criteria and any category-specific limits should be checked against the approved journal policy.
Match reporting to the design
Identify the study design and use the reporting guidance that is applicable to that design. Do not treat one reporting framework as suitable for every submission type.
Participant protection
Protect privacy before files are prepared.
Psychotherapy manuscripts can contain highly sensitive material. Build ethical review, consent, confidentiality, and responsible description into the manuscript from the start.
Ethics and consent statements
State the applicable ethics approval, consent process, or justified waiver in the manuscript. Retain underlying consent records securely; do not include them in the manuscript or public supplementary files.
Clinical cases and therapeutic material
Do not submit therapy notes, session transcripts, recordings, intake forms, signed consent documents, or direct identifiers. Consider indirect identification through combinations of dates, locations, rare events, family details, occupations, quotations, or distinctive narrative facts.
Respectful reporting
Use precise, non-stigmatizing language and take particular care with trauma narratives, diagnosis, cultural context, and accounts involving children, vulnerable people, or a therapist–researcher relationship.
Data and AI tools
Explain data access or restriction where applicable. Confidential clinical material, identifiable data, and unpublished manuscripts must not be placed into unapproved generative-AI systems.
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Protect scientific meaning as well as identity.
If details are changed to protect identity, the changes must not alter the scientific meaning of the account. Where anonymity is uncertain, obtain the appropriate consent to publish before submission.
Prepare a complete record
Bring the manuscript and its declarations together.
Use the supporting journal pages to confirm current requirements. To avoid inconsistencies, this page does not repeat unverified word limits, file specifications, processing times, charge terms, or article-category rules.
Authorship and disclosure
- List contributors accurately and agree authorship before submission.
- Include funding and conflict-of-interest statements where applicable.
- Disclose the use of AI tools in line with the approved journal policy.
Figures, tables, and supplements
- Use material that is necessary to understand the work.
- Obtain permission for third-party figures, tables, images, instruments, or extended quotations.
- Only provide supplementary material that is appropriate for public sharing.
Related author information
Check the policy that governs the decision.
These pages are the places to confirm scope, editorial standards, rights, data guidance, and current publication-charge information.
When the manuscript is ready, continue to the IJPR submission route.
Confirm fit and the applicable author requirements before starting. The submission route provides the next step for an IJPR manuscript.
Review the IJPR submission routeEditorial assessment is independent of APC payment, waiver requests, and other commercial considerations.