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

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 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this condition will be charged with all costs which Counselling and Psychotherapy Research incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to Counselling and Psychotherapy Research must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

Manuscript preparation

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research invites submissions under the following categories:

a) Original research into counselling, psychotherapy and the use of counselling in allied professions (e.g. nursing, social work, education, health promotion, health psychology, pastoral care, etc.);
b) Case studies, where systematic and ethical methods of data collection have been applied;
c) Critical discussions and reviews of the relevance for practice of existing research studies.

Important note: Articles must adhere to the Ethical Guidelines for both research and practice of BACP.

1. General guidelines

Potential contributors may also wish to consult the following resources:

• Wilkinson, L. (1999). Statistical methods in psychology journals - Guidelines and explanations, American Psychologist, 54(8): 594-604.
• Elliott, R., Fischer, C., & Rennie, D. (1999). Evolving guidelines for publication of qualitative research studies in psychology and related fields, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38: 215-229.
• Morrow, S. (2005). Quality and trustworthiness in qualitative research in counseling psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2): 259-260.

2. Style guidelines

• Description of the Journal's article style
• Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide. Visit CiteRefs for assistance in ensuring accurate referencing according to APA style.
• In order to maintain anonymity during any refereeing process, authors are requested to refrain from, or keep to a minimum, self-referencing.
• Please use British spelling (e.g. colour, organise) and punctuation. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.
• This journal requires a short paragraph of bibliographical details for all contributors.

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.

We welcome figures sent electronically, but care and attention to these guidelines are essential as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.

• Figures must be saved individually and separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
• Avoid the use of colour and tints for purely aesthetic reasons.
• Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible.
• 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 must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
• The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
• 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).

Please note that it is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please do not hesitate to contact our Production Department if you have any queries.

4. Colour

The Journal has no free colour pages within its annual page allowance. Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree a financial contribution to colour reproduction costs. Figures that appear in black-and-white in the print edition of the Journal will appear in colour in the online edition, assuming colour originals are supplied.

5. Reproduction of copyright material

Contributors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table or extensive extract (more than fifty words) from the text of a source that is copyrighted or owned by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor. This applies to direct reproduction as well as 'derivative reproduction', where the contributor has created a new figure or table that derives substantially from a copyrighted source. Authors are themselves responsible for the payment of any permission fees required by the copyright owner. Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the Editor(s).

• Copyright permission letter template

Manuscript submission

All submissions should be made online at the Counselling and Psychotherapy Research ScholarOne Manuscripts site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review”. 

Reprints

Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (http://www.informaworld.com/) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.

Page charges
There are no page charges to individuals or institutions.