Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
Last updated ISSN 0889-8391
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy is published by Springer Nature in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0889-8391, 1938-887X |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,344 |
| Publishing since | 1987 |
| Journal website | www.springerpub.com/jcp |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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