How these articles are written and checked

Who writes and reviews the articles

Every article is written and reviewed by Lucy Orton, MSc, PGDip, registered counsellor (Australian Counselling Association, #27921), founder of The Centre for Intensives. Each article shows the date it was last reviewed.

How sources are chosen and checked

Research claims are supported by primary sources only: peer-reviewed papers, professional bodies, or the organisation that founded the method being described. Figures are not taken from blogs, news coverage or search results.

Before a source is cited, it is opened and checked: the authors, year, journal and DOI, and every figure quoted from it. Where a detail cannot be verified, it is left out. Where the evidence for a method or format is limited, the article says so plainly.

Methods are described in the way their own founding organisations describe them. Descriptions of Lucy Orton’s practice use only details that are already published on her own sites.

Review and approval

No article is published until Lucy has reviewed and approved it. Published articles are re-checked every quarter, so that sources, figures and links stay accurate, and the review date on each article is updated when that happens.

What these articles are not

The articles are general information about intensive therapy. They are not a substitute for individual assessment or advice, and reading them does not create a therapeutic relationship. They do not include client stories or testimonials.

Use of AI tools

AI tools help with drafting and source-checking. Lucy reviews and approves every article before publication.

Reporting an error

If you think something in an article is wrong, out of date or unclear, please get in touch and say which article and which part. Corrections are checked against the sources and, where an error is confirmed, the article is updated and its review date changed.