About the Journal

Focus and Scope

THE PRACTITIONER SCHOLAR: JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA TRAINING INSTITUTE (PSJITTI) is dedicated to publishing manuscripts concerned with clinical practice, current professional and scientific issues, new techniques and innovative approaches, training, education and research related to counseling, professional and applied psychology, traumatology and related behavioral sciences.  PSJITTI is the official journal of the International Trauma Training Institute (ITTI).

Peer Review Process

PSJITTI is a peer-reviewed journal. Each mansucript submission is generally sent to three reviewers. The reviewers are selected based on their knowledge of the conent, methodology and profession. Reviewers are asked to critique the manuscript for Quality of Organization, Quality of Concepts, Relevant Conclusions/Summary, Quality of Research, Appropriate Analysis, Technical Accuracy, Documentation of Sources/References, Quality of Writing, and APA Formatting. Reviewers are alloted one month to crititque the manuscript. The reviewers will recommend 1. Acceptance, 2. Acceptance conditional on satisfactory revision, 3. Rejection encouraging revision and resubmission or 4. Rejection.  If at least two reviewers recommend Acceptance, the manuscript will be sent to a technical editor for review.  The author will then receive the comments form the reviewers as well as the technical editor and given time to make revisions.  If the manuscript receives two or more Rejections, the manuscript will be returned to the author with comments from the reviewers.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. After approximetely a year from publication on this site, articles are indexed through EBSCO host as well.

Journal History

The Practitioner Scholar: Journal of the International Trauma Training Institute was formerly The Practitioner Scholar: Journal of Counseling and Professional Psychology developed in the fall of 2011 to provide human service professionals an avenue to share scholarly knowledge with others. Originally affilitated with Argosy University's College of Counseling, Psychology and Social Sciences, the journal publishes manuscripts on clinical practice, current professional and scientific issues, new techniques and innovative approaches, training, education and research related to counseling, professional and applied psychology and related social sciences. In 2019, the journal moved to The Interntational Trauma Training Institute and changed its name to The Practitioner Scholar: Journal of the International Trauma Training Institute.