Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama & Sociomety

[Edward Schreiber]

Greetings,
I am not aware that Heldref is planning to sell the Journal.  In fact  
at last year's conference, at the Journal's workshop,
our editor-representative at Heldref was at the workshop and seemed  
ready and eager to build the Journal to address our needs.  So I am  
surprised
with this news, particularly since I am a Consulting Editor for the  
Journal and this is the first I've heard this plan by Heldref.

I have copies of the British Journal and the Australian Journal.   
Both are mind-blowing in depth, practice, content, visual  
presentation and readable for those practicing the method and those  
looking to learn about our method.

I would love to see our Journal move toward these great models.   I  
am not an executive editor, I can only raise my voice, and struggle  
myself to
write and offer what I am learning.   I think the Journal is a  
critically important tool for communication about the method and  
advances, reflections and examples, new practices and old practices,  
etc.   I always wanted Ann Hale's work to be published in the  
Journal.  It would be amazing if the Journal published (in several  
volumes) Ann's training book on sociometry.  That would be a  
fantastic contribution to the world.

Ed


On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Adam Blatner wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>  The context:    The publishing house, Heldref, plans to sell the  
> Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama & Sociometry. We don't  
> know yet how soon that will come about. We will continue to publish  
> issues until the journal changes hands, so there is no set limit to  
> the number of issues planned. I am editing the Spring 2007 issue  
> now, and have received 1 article for the Summer 2007 issue. The  
> following additional information is now on the ASGPP forum:
>
> Posted - 09/11/2007
> by Martie Adams (formerly Martie Bush and formerly of NYC.)
>
> The Journal Options Committee (JOC) was formed to explore how the  
> ASGPP might best serve its members' needs and wishes regarding our  
> professional journal, the Journal of Group Psychotherapy,  
> Psychodrama and Sociometry (JGPPS). Committee members include:  
> Martie Adams, Alton Barbour, Elaine Camerota, and Vickey Finger. We  
> would like your input as we explore our options. Some members think  
> our journal should remain academic in nature and contain research  
> articles; they believe this is an important part of maintaining the  
> credibility of our method. Other ASGPP members would like a journal  
> that hits closer to home for them, with articles that are  
> descriptive and reader-friendly for those who are less research- 
> oriented.
>
> A good place to begin our exploration is to consider what purpose  
> we think our journal should serve. The JOC thinks our journal  
> should: Instruct, Inform, Create a sense of community among  
> members, Stimulate creativity in members' practices, and Maintain a  
> presence as an academic journal.
>
> What are your wishes and needs? What purpose do you think our  
> professional journal should serve? We would love to hear from you.  
> Log on and post!
>
> With appreciation, Martie
>
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