The instructions below are specifically directed at authors that wish to submit a manuscript to Counselling Psychology Quarterly. For general information, please visit the Publish With Us section of our website.

Counselling Psychology Quarterly considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Counselling Psychology Quarterly, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Counselling Psychology Quarterly incurs and their papers will not be published.

• Papers are accepted in English only. American or British English spelling and punctuation is accepted provided that usage is consistent throughout the text.
• A typical article will not exceed 5,000 words. Short communications and case reports for rapid publication are limited to four journal pages (approximately 2,000 words including tables and references). They can cover matters of topical interest or work in progress. Papers that greatly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
• Manuscripts should be typed on one side of the paper, double spaced, with margins of at least one inch. All pages should be numbered.
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgements; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• The second page should repeat the title, and contain an Abstract of not more than 200 words. Each paper should have 3 to 5 keywords. The third page should repeat the title as the heading to the start of the main text of the paper.
• Section headings should be concise.
• Please supply a short biographical note for each author of no more than 100 words.
• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
• Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.
• When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.

2. Style guidelines

• Description of the Journal's article style
• Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
• Any consistent spelling style is acceptable. Please follow the APA Manual for punctuation.
• This journal requires a short paragraph of bibliographical details for all contributors.
• If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk (please mention the journal title in your email).
  
  

  Word Templates

  Word templates are available for this journal.
  Please open and read the instruction document first, as this will explain how to save and then use the template.

  Select the template that is most suitable for your operating system.

  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003_instructions.pdf
  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003.dot

  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007_instructions.pdf
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  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004_instructions.pdf
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  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008_instructions.pdf
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  3. Figures

• It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
• Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
• Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
• All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. figure 1, figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1(a), figure 1(b)).
• Figure captions should include keys to symbols and must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
• The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.

5. Reproduction of copyright material

• Copyright permission letter template