Volume 17, Article 1, 2026
Citation: Palmer, S. & O’Riordan (2026). Editorial: The Return of The Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapist. The Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapist, 17, Article 1, 1-3. https://www.arebt.one/journal/the-rational-emotive-behaviour-therapist-17-2026/volume-17-article-1
Editorial: The Return of The Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapist
Stephen Palmer and Siobhain O’Riordan
Welcome
Welcome to the 17th Volume of The Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapist published by the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (AREBT).
Last year, after an extended break in publication, to coincide with our annual AREBT conference, we re-launched the journal in an online format. The first articles reflected the conference papers and workshop (Palmer & O’Riordan, 2025).
We are introducing a new policy regarding the use of digital and AI tools. Their use is only permitted for assistive purposes, such as checking spelling without altering substantive content. AI created or assisted contents can lead to a desk rejection. When using any form of AI in preparing a manuscript, authors should state explicitly in the submission, the specific tool used and the purpose of its use. Failure to disclose AI use may lead to desk rejection or withdrawal of accepted papers. Submissions will be checked for AI use.
Every manuscript must include the following disclosure in the cover email and in a separate section of the submission file:“The authors confirm that the manuscript is human-authored. AI tools were/ were not used [delete as appropriate] in the preparation of this manuscript. Where used, the tools were limited to [describe specific use], and all content was reviewed and verified by the authors. The authors confirm that paper has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration in any other publication.”
The referencing style we use in the journal is APA 7 ie the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide. Paper length will be a maximum of 1500 words. All correspondence will be by email. The journal is now listed in the Academic Resource Index.
We look forward to receiving submissions for the journal in 2026.
References
Palmer, S. & O’Riordan (2025). Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy for the 21st Century: Flexibility, Adaptation, and Innovation. The Rational
Emotive Behaviour Therapist, 16, Article 2, 1-5. https://www.arebt.one/journal/the-rational-emotive-behaviour-therapist-16-2025/volume-16-article-2