Submitting your articles to Counselling Australia (CA) Magazine

About the CA Magazine

Why submit to the 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 peer-reviewed articles are eligible for OPD points and publishers can claim on their CVs to have been formally published. The CA Magazine, a peer-reviewed professional journal that is registered and indexed with the National Library ISSN: 2982-141X (online), is now calling for 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. It has an editorial board of experienced practitioners, trainers and specialists. Articles are invited to be peer-reviewed and refereed or assessed for appropriateness by the editor for publishing. Non-editorial staff may assess articles if the subject is of a nature as to require a specialist’s opinion.

The digital EMAG is published four times per calendar year.

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

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 ACA Editorial Policy to ensure your article is within the word limit and in the correct format. 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.

Articles for peer review (refereed)

■ Articles are to be submitted in MS Word format via email.

■ Articles are to be single-spaced and with minimal formatting.

■ Articles must be submitted with a covering page requesting a peer review.

■ Attach a separate page noting your name, experience, qualifications and contact details.

■ If there is more than one author, indicate the order of names to appear
in the ‘Byline’.

■ Attach a separate .jpg file format (more than 72dpi) with a head shot of
the author/s.

■ The body of the paper must not identify the author.

■ Articles are to contain between 1500 and 5000 words.

■ Two assessors, who will advise the editor on the appropriateness of the article for publication, will read refereed articles.

■ Articles may be returned for rewording or clarification and correcting prior to being accepted.

Conditions

■ 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 (e.g., DOI:
https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-
023-00565-2).

■ All links provided within the body of the article and in the reference
page, open and land on the correct page for the reference.

■ Case studies must be accompanied by a signed agreement by the client granting permission to publish.

■ Clients must not be identifiable in the article.

■ 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 journal for publication.

■ Authors are to notify the editor if their article has been published prior to submission to CA Magazine.

■ Only original articles that have not been published elsewhere will be peer reviewed.

■ CA Magazine accepts no responsibility for the content of articles, manuscripts, photographs, artwork or illustrations for unsolicited articles.

Deadline

Deadline for articles and reviewed articles is the 25th of November, February, May, and July. The sooner articles and papers are submitted, the more likely they are to be published in the next cycle. ■