Editorial

Readers will be interested to know that there are a number of changes concerning the Journal, some of which have already happened, some about to happen.

Sue Kegerreis’ term of office as Editor ended in December 1992, and as the new Joint Editors we want to record our thanks to Sue for her hard work and commitment to the Journal over the last few years.

We are also very pleased to announce that from January 1994 the Journal of Child Psychotherapy will be published by Routledge. Routledge will be undertaking an intensive international marketing drive, especially in the USA, Europe and Australia, which should result in increased circulation. Not only will journal papers, as a result, be read more widely, but we hope that the profession of child psychotherapy itself will also benefit from the Journal being more in the public eye.

As we move to Routledge as publishers, we will also be undertaking a major move to publishing three times per year: issues will appear in March, July and November. Information about this and the subscription changes which it will entail to non-members of the Association of Child Psychotherapists will be circulated in the near future.

We are planning a Special Issue for the first (March) 1994 number. This will focus on Autism and will feature two exciting papers by Frances Tustin. Authors interested in contributing to this are still welcome to submit, but papers need to be with us by 30th September 1993.

To coincide with the publication of the Journal by Routledge, we are proposing to form an Editorial Advisory Board of internationally well-respected names. We also plan to appoint additional overseas representatives. Further details of these developments will be announced in the near future.

We look forward to the changes ahead and to the ongoing growth and development of the journal as a forum for debate and professional expertise. We continue to welcome your ideas and thoughts, and above all your papers which enable child psychotherapists to share t