Manuscript Editing for The Professional Counselor Journal Articles
Founded in 2011, The Professional Counselor publishes original, peer-reviewed research and commentary on empirical and theoretical topics in professional counseling and related disciplines. Its areas include mental and behavioral health, school, career, and couple, marriage, and family counseling. It also covers supervision, theory development, ethics, international and multicultural issues, program applications, and integrative reviews. The National Board for Certified Counselors publishes it four times a year.
A manuscript runs no more than 31 pages, tables, figures, and references included. Pages are double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman, in a Word file with tables and figures embedded in portrait orientation. References follow APA 7th edition, with DOIs where available, and they are recent apart from seminal texts. Page 2 carries an abstract of 100 to 150 words and exactly five keywords taken from the abstract. The title page gives the title only, and no names or identifying details appear anywhere. After suitability and plagiarism checks, editorial staff, associate editors, and peer reviewers conduct a fully blinded review. Any use of AI is disclosed in the manuscript and in the submission form. We draw the five keywords from the abstract wording and apply APA 7 throughout. Submissions go through Submittable.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to The Professional Counselor. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for The Professional Counselor
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to The Professional Counselor.
NBCC's manuscript submission guidelines cover length, formatting, and blinded review. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
See journal article and essay editing for how we edit counseling research, and academic proofreading for the last read before submission. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for the Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision and the Journal of School Counseling.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your The Professional Counselor submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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