Society for Psychotherapy Research
| Formation | 1970 |
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President
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Guillermo de la Parra |
| Website | www.psychotherapyresearch.org |
The Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) is a learned society founded in 1970. It is multidisciplinary, international association for research into psychotherapy. The idea of an international society of psychotherapists was discussed at an annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in 1968.
The Society has in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, Latin America, and North America. The Society for Psychotherapy Research also has what it describes as "Area groups" in Australia, Italy, and other specific locations.
The academic journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Psychotherapy Research, is published bi-monthly by Routledge.
The aims of the society are: to encourage and to improve scientific research on psychotherapy; to foster the transfer of research findings into practice; and to support the dialogue between scientists and practitioners. The Society organizes regular meetings to enable communication about research, share methodological innovations, and disseminate research findings and knowledge of their applications. It makes use of print and electronic media to disseminate the results of psychotherapy research and to share ideas related to research methods.
The creation of a Society for Psychotherapy Research goes back to a meeting of psychotherapy researchers in San Francisco in 1968, which was associated to the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. This meeting was sponsored by small donations of the APA Division of Psychotherapy and the American Academy of Psychotherapists. The founders of the group were Kenneth I. Howard and David Orlinsky, with support from Lester Luborsky, Nathaniel Raskin, and Hans Strupp. The first official conference took place in Highland Park, Illinois in 1969.
The society consists of 4 regional chapters, 4 area groups, and 2 interest sections. The regional chapters are:
In some areas, there are many active SPR members and local meetings are organized. The four area groups are:
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