Editor's Comments

In line with the joint strategy plan between the British Psychotherapy Foundation and Wiley, my vision for the journal is to ensure that it remains a highly prestigious and indispensable psychotherapy practitioner journal that continues to bring together colleagues working across inclusive pluralistic psychoanalytic traditions. There is a lack of recognition for the considerable work that thousands of psychoanalytic psychotherapy colleagues, working outside of core state services, deliver for the betterment of the mental health of the nation. The impact of this work is often understated, under recognized and under resourced. But high calibre papers, single case studies, add to what Mike Rustin (1997) calls a critical mass of qualitative research opinion (‘Give me a consulting room and I will raise you the world’). Thereafter this critical mass of evidence can start to shape policy. The British Journal of Psychotherapy is perfectly placed as a champion of generating evidence, ensuring that the impact of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is esteemed and positioned accordingly, maximizing the benefit for clients.

Psychotherapists often have a self-consciousness about doing research, but in reality it is a question of narrative finesse in articulating the value of qualitative case study approaches that are at the heart of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy reflective practice. One of the areas I am keen to see is collaborative writing sitting alongside the tradition of single authored papers in psychotherapy. As editor, I want to take the opportunity, where I can, to connect people together, building and nurturing networks of authors who have shared interests, working with organizations, using some of my time running writing workshops and encouraging submissions from early career practitioners. Alongside my practice as a psychotherapist I am also well positioned as a University of Nottingham academic to attend conferences, both in the UK and overseas, meeting stakeholders and s