American Journal of Psychotherapy

Scope

The American Journal of Psychotherapy is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published quarterly by the American Psychiatric Association. Begun in 1947 by the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, the American Journal of Psychotherapy provides a forum for advancing the theory, science, and clinical practice of psychotherapy. The Journal publishes articles that expand our understanding of psychotherapies, especially in the domains of efficacy, process, education, and practice. To improve outcomes for patients who may benefit from psychotherapy, the American Journal of Psychotherapy invites manuscript submissions on all topics that will advance evidence-informed psychotherapy practice. The Journal publishes empirical papers on psychotherapy outcomes, process, measurement, and education. Maintaining a strong clinical focus, it welcomes case reports, review articles, and training tools that will guide and shape clinical practice. To engage its readers on the most urgent psychotherapy-related questions of our day, the American Journal of Psychotherapy invites a broad range of perspectives. We welcome submissions addressing important questions from all psychotherapy disciplines, including but not limited to psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive- or dialectical-behavioral, existential, emotion-focused, problem-solving, mentalizing, mindfulness-based, and client-centered approaches. The Journal inclusively addresses topics across treatment modalities (individual, group, family, technology-enabled), age groups (children, adolescents, midlife, late life), genders (binary, gender non-conforming), races and ethnicities, and diagnoses. The Journal serves the international community by curating a vibrant, pluralistic dialogue about psychotherapy that ultimately will inform clinical care.