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Call for Contributions for the Transactional Analyst 

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It is important to us to plan the content of our magazine together with members. This is your magazine, and if there's an idea, question or reflection that's been stirring in your work, we'd love to hear it. We welcome article ideas and submissions throughout the year - and for our next edition, we're particularly keen for you to get involved. 

 

Summer Issue (June 26)​ : THE SPACE BETWEEN

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For this issue, we’re preparing a special piece that honours Petruska Clarkson whose work so powerfully articulated the importance of relationship, presence, and what happens between people. In that spirit, the theme of this issue emerges:

 

THE SPACE BETWEEN, the shifting terrain where connection is made, strained, or transformed.

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What happens in the space between us?

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Between message and reply?
Between therapist and client?
Between who we are online and who we are in the room?
Between human and machine?

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We’re interested in:

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• Relationships shaped (or misshaped) by social media

• Presence, absence, and the performance of attention

• Therapeutic and supervisory encounters, case reflections, and relational dynamics

• AI as collaborator, mirror, or intrusion

• Boundaries, intimacy, distance, and miscommunication

• The political and cultural climates shaping how we meet one another

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We welcome:

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• Essays and opinion pieces (1500-3000 words)

• New theoretical perspectives or extensions of existing theories (3000-4000 words)

• Personal writing (approx. 1000 words)

• Poems and creative writing

• Students' early practice experiences and reflections 

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Remembering Petruska Clarkson: Your Stories and Reflections

 

Alongside the themed issue, we warmly invite contributions from those who knew Petruska Clarkson, worked with her, or have been influenced by her thinking. We’d love brief reflections, memories, or insights into how her ideas have shaped your practice or perspective - and we’re also keen to receive any photographs you may have. 

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In the first instance, please contact editor@ukata.org (ideally before April 17th). Final submissions are due on 15th May.