66th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 19

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

 

Workshop 22

What Editors Want: The Dynamics and Politics of Editing Group Therapy Journals

 

Chairs:                

Sheri Bauman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Arizona

Michelle A. Collins-Greene, Ph.D., Private Practice, Port Washington, New York

Les R. Greene, Ph.D., Editor, International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Hamden, Connecticut

Zipora Shechtman, Ph.D., Research Professor, Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

 

This workshop is designed to offer insights into the world of journal publishing from the perspective of current and recent editors of group therapy journals (IJGP, Group, Journal of Specialists in Group Work, Group Dynamics, Group Analysis, Therapeutic Communities) In a semi-structured format, editors will be invited to explore their dynamic relations to a variety of constituents. Challenges (such as the "difficult" author), transference-countertransference dynamics (such as saying "I'm sorry to inform you that...") developmental issues, and gratifications (e.g. mentoring the would-be author) will be shared.

sharing of work experiences-didactic-experiential-demonstration

 

 Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Better understand and cope with the dynamics of the author-editor relationship.

2. demonstrate an expanded understanding of the role of the group therapy literature in his or her own professional life.

3. Learn about 'what editors want.'

 

Course References:

Armbruster, David L. (1997) Editing the Refereed Scientific Journal: Practical, Political, and Ethical Issues. From www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/employee-development-leadership/652886-1.html

Goss, L.G. & Goss, C.S. Understanding The Editor-Author Relationship. From www.right-writing.com/understanding.html

Learning From Each Other: Manuscript Editor's Roundtable. From www.councilscienceeditors.org/members/securedDocuments/v26n5p157.pdf

Malekoff, A. Putting ideas to paper: A Guideline for practitioners (and others) who wish to write for publication. Social Work with Groups, 29, 57-72

Beyond copy-editing: the editor-writer relationship. From http://www.jeanweber.com/about/beyond.htm