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Editor's note

Incredibly (to me, anyway), it’s been a year sinceÌýwe relaunched Therapy Today. Our aim then, asÌýI said in my first Editor’s note, was ‘to build onÌýall that was good and highly valued about theÌýjournal... its balance of practice, research, politicsÌýand debate’, and to ‘lighten and brighten it a bit’.

We had a lot of feedback in the early months –Ìýpositive and negative – and we’ve tweaked a fewÌýdetails over the year, including reintroducing theÌýmuch-valued book reviews, but we have broadlyÌýmaintained the direction we set.

So, 12 months on, it’s time to ask you how we’veÌýdone. I’ve had the full range of responses fromÌýpeople I’ve met out and about – understandably, there was a bit ofÌýcaution initially, but now I hear mostly, ‘I read it cover to cover’. PleaseÌýcomplete the reader survey we’re running this month. You can find itÌýonline at . We’d love to know in detailÌýwhat you think (and there’s the chance to win £100 in book tokens).

Thank you all, whether you simply read, reflect on and enjoyÌýthe magazine, or contribute articles, opinions and ideas yourself.ÌýTherapy Today should speak for and to its readers. Your letters certainlyÌýsuggest you are engaging with the content – keep them coming.

And there’s an important change – your copy of Therapy Today will,Ìýfrom this issue, arrive at the start of the month. It’s always been anÌýanomaly that the magazine drifts through your letterboxes sometimeÌýmid-month. This means we can be more timely in our coverage ofÌýtopical issues, and makes it easier to co-ordinate with events.

Catherine Jackson
Editor

I always take a specialÌýinterest when therapyÌýis represented in theÌýmedia in some way.

I observe the sessions very closely, fromÌýwhat’s in the room to what the therapistÌýwears, and everything that is said – andÌýisn’t said – and I ask myself if I wouldÌýwork the same way. Fictional therapy canÌýprovide wonderful CPD if it’s done well.

However, when the client is a real client,Ìýtalking about their real-lifeÌýissues and the wholeÌýworld can listen in, I getÌýtwitchy. Broadcast therapyÌýis a fantastic opportunityÌýfor the public to see whatÌýreally happens in therapyÌýsessions and helps to
normalise what we do.ÌýHowever, for the client,Ìýthe repercussions are potentiallyÌýproblematic; inevitably, they waive someÌýof the boundaries that would normallyÌýprotect them and I worry about where theÌýmedia are going with it. Our news featureÌýthis month offers some interestingÌýperspectives from therapists doing thisÌýwork, and others who have turned it down. What’s your view?

Rachel Shattock Dawson
Consultant Editor

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