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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • the manuscript is original and not under consideration elsewhere
  • the manuscript fits the journal aims and scope
  • all authors approved the submission
  • the blinded file contains no identifying information
  • references follow APA 7th edition
  • ethical approval and/or consent are clearly reported where required
  • clinical case material is properly anonymized
  • conflicts of interest and funding are disclosed
  • AI use, if any, is disclosed
  • all permissions for reproduced material have been obtained
  • the manuscript includes title, abstract, and keywords in English and Italian, or explains why one version is not yet available

Author Guidelines

Manuscript categories

Research articles
Empirical qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, single-case, systematic case series, process-outcome, or clinical research articles. 6,000-8,000 words.

Theoretical and historical articles
Original contributions to field theory, clinical phenomenology, Gestalt therapy theory, psychopathology, psychotherapy theory, or interdisciplinary conceptual debate. 5,000-8,000 words.

Clinical case studies
Systematic, ethically protected, theoretically informed case studies. These should include clinical context, formulation, therapeutic process, ethical safeguards, outcome or clinical change, and critical discussion. 4,000-7,000 words.

Dialogues and interdisciplinary exchanges
Dialogic papers, interviews, debates, or paired contributions between different clinical, philosophical, scientific, or artistic perspectives. 3,000-6,000 words.

Book and film reviews
Critical reviews of recent or theoretically relevant books, films, or cultural works. 1,500-2,500 words.

Editorials and invited reflections
Normally commissioned by the Editors-in-Chief. Commissioned.

Language

Submissions may be written in English or Italian.

Title, abstract, and keywords should be provided in both English and Italian. For accepted manuscripts, the editorial team may support linguistic alignment when necessary.

Manuscript preparation

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal OJS platform.

Files should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

Use APA 7th edition for citations, references, tables, and figures.

Include:

title
abstract, 150-250 words
3-6 keywords
main text
references
tables and figures, where applicable
ethical statement
conflict of interest statement
funding statement
data availability statement, where applicable
AI use declaration, where applicable

For double-blind peer review, authors must upload:

a blinded manuscript without author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, self-identifying references, or file metadata
a separate title page including author names, affiliations, ORCID IDs, corresponding author, acknowledgments, funding, and conflict of interest statement

Clinical and empirical ethics

For empirical research, manuscripts must report ethical approval, informed consent, recruitment procedures, and data protection measures.

For clinical case studies, authors must state how consent, confidentiality, anonymization, and clinical integrity were handled.

Potentially identifiable information must be removed or substantially disguised. When disguise alters contextual details, the manuscript should preserve the clinically relevant relational, phenomenological, and processual structure.

Tables, figures, and multimedia

Tables and figures should be cited in the text and submitted in editable or high-quality formats.

Figures should include captions and, where possible, alt text for accessibility.

The journal may consider supplementary materials, including audio, video abstracts, clinical diagrams, research instruments, datasets, and methodological appendices, when ethically appropriate.

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The journal encourages authors to deposit preprints, accepted manuscripts, and published versions of record in institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, and personal academic webpages, provided that the published version is clearly cited.

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