Psychodynamic Practice Journal for BAPPS Members

Publishing a paper in Psychodynamic Practice

You may wish to share special therapeutic or supervisory experiences such as working with a unique population, an original approach to therapy or supervision, or an original grasp of professional issues and challenges. You may also have students in supervision training or doing an MA, MSc. Ph.D., whose papers could be prepared for publication through BAPPS. All these options are manifestations of professional development and involvement.

To facilitate the process of submitting to Psychodynamic Practice, you can contact Jo and/or Melinda Meigs. The editorial team at PP is also willing to help with the process in the different stages of the submission. We welcome any writing contribution to the Journal as a member of BAPPS who is immersed in psychoanalytically oriented clinical work and especially in supervision.

Please note that there are three types of paper submissions, each with specific format requirements: a. Research or clinical papers that focus on a psychodynamic clinical or theoretical issue. These papers are blindly reviewed by peers and form accredited academic publications. b. Open space papers that highlight the writer’s personal perspective on therapeutic and supervisory issues without necessarily providing clinical or research material. These papers are not reviewed by peers but evaluated by the section editor. c. Book reviews are short papers that constitute the writer’s grasp of a newly published book and are only assessed by the section editor. Articles published in Psychodynamic Practice appear internationally, so your work will be widely read. 

To prepare the manuscript for submission, you need to follow the Journal’s instructions for writers that appear on the Journal’s website, including the maximal number of words for each section and the manner of referencing other writers. Then, the actual submission of the paper is carried out through the Journal’s portal as detailed in the instructions. 

The following editors of the various sections are willing to help if you need clarifications or encounter technical challenges.

Jonathan Smith is Book Review editor – jonathandereksmith@gmail.com

To help you prepare and submit your paper in the most effective and comfortable way, Hanoch suggests that you contact him before submitting a piece for a possible publication.  

As BAPPS is trying to raise its profile through this publication, it would be important for you to mention it as an organisation for psychodynamic and psychoanalytic supervision and perhaps your involvement with it.