Transitions and Next Steps for Integratus in 2026 and Beyond

I am grateful to have been invited to join as the new co-editor of Integratus. Since this is a Catholic professional journal, I should start off with a confession. When Anthony Isacco asked me for my advice regarding the possibility of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association (CPA) starting their own professional journal, I advised him not to do so. I told him that the effort would be a very heavy lift with a low probability of success. I had a number of concerns for him and the CPA to consider before moving forward with the idea. First, we are in an era of the rapid proliferation of professional journals (while some are legitimate, many are not and are actually predatory). Second, Catholic integrated and focused psychotherapy is a fairly small, niche area. Third, there are few scholars that specialize in this area. Thus, the journal idea was not a realistic one in my view. He and the CPA board soundly rejected my advice, launched the journal, and it has done remarkably (and perhaps miraculously) well! I was wrong. They were right. As the saying goes, I ate my words! So, I confess that I was wrong about the journal and now, in a moment of reconciliation, grace, and atonement, they have graciously invited me to co-edit Integratus for the rest of this decade. After many Our Fathers and Hail Marys as penance, I have accepted their kind and forgiving invitation.