Editorial

I am delighted to introduce the editorial with some exciting news! In this issue we have new, international, highly experienced scholars who have joined the Editorial Board and International Editorial Advisory Board and who bring a broad range of expertise to the field of psychological therapies. I would like to extend a warm welcome to them. We are grateful for their support and look forward to working with them to meet our aim of constantly striving to achieve quality in the publications. As well as an enriched Editorial Board, we are pleased to announce that the journal is now being published by Phoenix Publishing House and this is their first issue. As a result of a fruitful partnership with Phoenix, the Editorial Board is pleased to announce the change in the journal's title from the Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology Reflections, to Journal of Psychological Therapies (JPT).

This month the journal is celebrating its third anniversary. In this issue we continue with the recently introduced series Writing that changes thinking with a contribution from Martin Milton. Writing that changes thinking provides space for creative writing on the subjects of psychological therapies. The contributions continue to reach the scholarly standards for which we strive and include research and theory papers by experienced clinicians, academics, and trainees.

The psychotherapy and psychology fields are changing. Evidence-based practice is increasingly becoming more important, influencing the way we work as practitioners. More practitioners recognise the value of research in tailor-made psychological formulations that focus on the individual client and help practitioners choose from a range of interventions, therapeutic attitudes, and approaches to individualised treatments. As an academic, researcher, and practitioner, I have been fortunate to be able to engage and integrate research with practice. My own practice has therefore been greatly influenced by research, s