Reflections publishes stories of professional helpers such as ethicists, psychotherapists, community organizers, case and group workers, policy makers, family and child practitioners, health and mental health care providers, educators, researchers, and administrators in the helping and academic professions. The central theme of the journal is narrative inquiry into professional practice. Reflections publishes personal accounts of professional action designed to aid and support human and social development. The stories have a literary presence, offer new perspectives on practice, and demonstrate the conceit of failure as well as success. In narratives, the writer evaluates the experience, whether or not there is a resolution, and explores the meaning of the experiences.
Some narratives end with a coda, that is, a perspective on what occurred.