Vision
The vision of the Quarterly Journal of Thought and Behavior in Clinical Psychology is to become a leading scientific and clinical reference for the advancement of effective, process-oriented, integrative psychotherapies tailored to the characteristics and organization of experience of each client. The Journal seeks to bridge the gap between theory, research, and the therapy room and to support knowledge that explains how psychological change occurs, for whom, under what conditions, and through which therapeutic processes.
Primary Aim of the Journal
To advance and disseminate scientific and clinical knowledge on psychotherapy, with an emphasis on therapeutic processes, mechanisms of change, the therapeutic relationship, treatment effectiveness, and the adaptation of treatment to clients’ characteristics and personality organization.
Specific Objectives
The Quarterly Journal of Thought and Behavior in Clinical Psychology seeks to:
- introduce and evaluate emerging theories and models of psychotherapy;
- identify the mechanisms through which change occurs in psychotherapy;
- examine in-session processes, including the therapeutic relationship, transference, resistance, rupture, and repair;
- investigate the effectiveness and durability of psychotherapy outcomes;
- clarify how treatment should be selected and tailored to the client’s needs and personality organization;
- examine the role of therapist and client personality in the therapeutic process and its outcomes;
- publish research on common and specific factors across psychotherapies;
- promote scientific dialogue among psychodynamic, cognitive–behavioral, interpersonal, humanistic, existential, and integrative approaches;
- publish systematic clinical reports, process studies, and practice-based research;
- establish connections among academic research, psychotherapy training, and the realities of the therapy room;
- advance the ethical, cultural, and professional principles of psychotherapy;
- examine the application of technology and artificial intelligence in psychotherapy while adhering to ethical principles.
Proposed Scope and Areas of Interest
- Theories and models of psychotherapy
- Therapeutic processes and mechanisms of change
- The therapeutic relationship and therapeutic alliance
- Clinical assessment and formulation
- Personality and personality organization in psychotherapy
- Resistance, defense, transference, and countertransference
- Rupture and repair in the therapeutic relationship
- Emotion regulation, tolerance, and assimilation of experience
- Psychotherapy for clinical and personality disorders
- Individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy
- Integrative and transdiagnostic treatments
- Education, supervision, and professional competence of psychotherapists
- Psychotherapy across diverse cultures and populations
- Ethics, technology, and the future of psychotherapy
Thought and Behavior in Clinical Psychology