Submitting your articles to Counselling Australia (CA) Magazine

About the CA Magazine

Why submit to CA Magazine? To get publishing points on the board!

Being published is part of career advancement for most professional counsellors and psychotherapists, particularly those who wish to advance in academia.

All articles are eligible for OPD points, and publishers can claim on their curriculum vitae to have been formally published. CA Magazine, a professional publication registered and indexed with the National Library, ISSN 2982-141X (Online), is now accepting articles and papers for publication.

CA Magazine is designed to inform and discuss relevant industry issues for practising counsellors, students and members of the Australian Counselling Association.

The quarterly CA Magazine is published every March, June, September and December. Here is the link to the CA Magazine

Do you have an article you’d like to publish? Submit your article using this link: Submission page

Editorial policy

CA Magazine is committed to valuing the different theories and practices of counsellors. We encourage readers to submit articles and papers to encourage discussion and debate within the industry. Through their contributions, we hope to give contributors an opportunity to be published, to foster Australian content and to provide information to readers that will help them to improve their own professional development and practice. We wish to promote to readers the Australian Counselling Association and its commitment to raising the professional profile and status of counsellors in Australia.

Please read the Editorial Guidelines to ensure your article is within the word limit and in the correct format. Here is the link to the CA Magazine If you have any questions, please email editor@theaca.net.au.

Previously published articles

Articles that have been previously published can be submitted as long as permission to reprint accompanies the article.

Guidelines

• Articles are to be submitted in MS Word format via email.
• Articles are to be single-spaced and with minimal formatting.
• Articles are to contain between 1500 and 5000 words.
• References are required to support both arguments and personal opinions and should be listed alphabetically.
• Authors to ensure that all links and DOI references are properly hyperlinked.
• All links provided within the body of the article and in the reference page open and land on the correct page for the reference.
• Clients must not be identifiable in the article.
• Attach a separate .jpg file format (more than 72dpi) with a headshot of the author/s, with a short biography.
• The author must seek permission to quote from, or reproduce, copyright material from other sources and acknowledge this in the article.
• All articles, including those that have been published elsewhere, are subject to our editing process.
• All authors will be advised of any significant changes and sent a copy prior to the proofing of the CA Magazine for digital publication.
• Authors are to notify the editor if their article has been published before submission to CA Magazine.
• CA Magazine accepts no responsibility for the content of articles, manuscripts, photographs, artwork or illustrations for unsolicited articles.

Deadline

Deadline for articles is 25 January, April, July and October. The sooner articles and papers are submitted, the more likely they are to be published in the next cycle.