Editorial: APA PsycInfo® Inclusion Underlines PACJA’s Credible, Comprehensive Content

Volume 14 (1) of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia (PACJA) features outstanding, original research on psychotherapy and counselling. Its publication coincides with PACJA achieving APA PsycInfo® listing, an important milestone that will boost the journal’s global visibility and usage. Creative and experiential therapies are explored in case studies on posttraumatic growth in suicide bereavement and childhood sexual abuse (Sands & Ridge, 2026). Another case study is used to examine equine-assisted narrative therapy (O’Sullivan, 2026). Core values of the Australian counselling and psychotherapy profession are identified by Beel et al. (2026), while Avetisoff et al. (2026) explores how Australian clinical supervisors navigate boundary tensions. Hope and flow are found to predict greater wellbeing in 248 school staff participating in a strengths-based intervention (Ignjatovic et al., 2026). Beaumont and Haase (2026) argue that walk and talk therapy may decrease counsellor work stress and burnout, albeit raising ethical and practical considerations. Two articles focus on employment counselling. Smith and Pavlidis (2026) explore the emerging role of employment counsellors in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), while Smith (2026) examines the psychologically informed employment counselling framework in Customised Employment practice. A timely review (Hsi, 2026)—given the forthcoming submission to the Federal Government of a report on a recommended regulatory model for counsellors and psychotherapists—looks at an open-access textbook (O’Hara, 2025) which clarifies the profession’s unique contribution within a complex mental health landscape.