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Emerging Voices
Papers from Psychotherapy Training
For trainees and recently qualified psychotherapistsENGLISH
Emerging Voices: Papers from Psychotherapy Training
Emerging Voices: Papers from Psychotherapy Training is an editorially reviewed section dedicated exclusively to contributions by psychotherapy trainees and recently qualified psychotherapists.
The section publishes high-quality papers developed from specialization theses, final training papers, supervised clinical work, and early practitioner research produced within recognized psychotherapy training programs.
Its aim is to support the transition from training-based clinical writing to public scholarly dialogue, offering a rigorous but accessible space for new voices in the field of Gestalt therapy, field theory, clinical phenomenology, and psychotherapy research.
Eligibility
Submissions are eligible for this section only if the author is:
- currently enrolled in a recognized psychotherapy specialization or training program;
- or has completed such a program within the previous three years.
Co-authorship with supervisors, tutors, or senior researchers is permitted when their contribution is substantial and transparent. However, the first author should normally be the trainee or recently qualified psychotherapist whose clinical or research work forms the basis of the paper.
This section welcomes
- revised and shortened versions of specialization theses;
- clinical training papers;
- ethically protected clinical case studies;
- theoretical-clinical essays;
- preliminary qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research reports;
- reflections on supervised clinical practice, provided that they are theoretically grounded and ethically appropriate.
Submissions to this section do not undergo external double-blind peer review. They are reviewed by the editorial team or by dedicated section editors. The review focuses on clarity, clinical relevance, ethical adequacy, theoretical coherence, protection of confidentiality, and suitability for publication.
Published contributions are clearly labelled as editorially reviewed and should not be presented as peer-reviewed research articles.
Ethics and format
Clinical material must comply with the journal’s ethical standards. Authors must obtain consent where appropriate and must carefully protect the identity of clients, patients, supervisees, institutions, and training contexts.
Suggested length: 2,500–5,000 words.
Each submission should include a short note indicating the training context from which the paper originates, for example:
“This paper is based on a revised specialization thesis completed at [institution], under the supervision of [name], in [year].”
The editorial team may request substantial revision before acceptance and may recommend transfer to a peer-reviewed section when the manuscript reaches the appropriate scholarly standard.
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