Society for Psychotherapy Research
@sprofficial.bsky.social
The Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) is an international, multidisciplinary scientific association devoted to research on psychotherapy.
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/
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📥 Call for submissions portal is now open for the 57th International Annual Meeting of the SPR — for the first time in Japan! 🇯🇵 — until December 14th.
📍 Osaka, June 24–27, 2026
Find more information here 👉 shorturl.at/BZWEc
Submit here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Submit your proposal now!
📍 Osaka, June 24–27, 2026
Find more information here 👉 shorturl.at/BZWEc
Submit here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Submit your proposal now!
📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED!
This gives you a little more time to finalize your proposals for our theme: “Reimagining Psychotherapy: A Dialogue on Innovations Across Approaches and Cultures”.
📅 New Submission Deadline: Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Submit here 👉 shorturl.at/D77NP
This gives you a little more time to finalize your proposals for our theme: “Reimagining Psychotherapy: A Dialogue on Innovations Across Approaches and Cultures”.
📅 New Submission Deadline: Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Submit here 👉 shorturl.at/D77NP
December 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED!
This gives you a little more time to finalize your proposals for our theme: “Reimagining Psychotherapy: A Dialogue on Innovations Across Approaches and Cultures”.
📅 New Submission Deadline: Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Submit here 👉 shorturl.at/D77NP
This gives you a little more time to finalize your proposals for our theme: “Reimagining Psychotherapy: A Dialogue on Innovations Across Approaches and Cultures”.
📅 New Submission Deadline: Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Submit here 👉 shorturl.at/D77NP
🗣️ CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to announce a new special section of Psychotherapy Research: "Innovative Methods to Study Dyadic and Systemic Processes in Couple Intervention Research."
🗓 Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
#PsychotherapyResearch #CallForPapers #CoupleTherapy
We are pleased to announce a new special section of Psychotherapy Research: "Innovative Methods to Study Dyadic and Systemic Processes in Couple Intervention Research."
🗓 Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
#PsychotherapyResearch #CallForPapers #CoupleTherapy
December 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🗣️ CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to announce a new special section of Psychotherapy Research: "Innovative Methods to Study Dyadic and Systemic Processes in Couple Intervention Research."
🗓 Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
#PsychotherapyResearch #CallForPapers #CoupleTherapy
We are pleased to announce a new special section of Psychotherapy Research: "Innovative Methods to Study Dyadic and Systemic Processes in Couple Intervention Research."
🗓 Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
#PsychotherapyResearch #CallForPapers #CoupleTherapy
Don't miss the chance to join the SPR at the lowest annual rate!
🐣 Early Bird Deadline: JANUARY 31st, 2026!
Join or renew your membership here 👉 shorturl.at/NxBXO
🐣 Early Bird Deadline: JANUARY 31st, 2026!
Join or renew your membership here 👉 shorturl.at/NxBXO
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Don't miss the chance to join the SPR at the lowest annual rate!
🐣 Early Bird Deadline: JANUARY 31st, 2026!
Join or renew your membership here 👉 shorturl.at/NxBXO
🐣 Early Bird Deadline: JANUARY 31st, 2026!
Join or renew your membership here 👉 shorturl.at/NxBXO
Students! we want to create more resources for you on our website. That's why we want to know what you would like to see on our site or things that could be useful for you in your academic path.
Let us know your ideas!
Let us know your ideas!
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Students! we want to create more resources for you on our website. That's why we want to know what you would like to see on our site or things that could be useful for you in your academic path.
Let us know your ideas!
Let us know your ideas!
📥 Call for submissions portal is now open for the 57th International Annual Meeting of the SPR — for the first time in Japan! 🇯🇵 — until December 14th.
📍 Osaka, June 24–27, 2026
Find more information here 👉 shorturl.at/BZWEc
Submit here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Submit your proposal now!
📍 Osaka, June 24–27, 2026
Find more information here 👉 shorturl.at/BZWEc
Submit here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Submit your proposal now!
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
📥 Call for submissions portal is now open for the 57th International Annual Meeting of the SPR — for the first time in Japan! 🇯🇵 — until December 14th.
📍 Osaka, June 24–27, 2026
Find more information here 👉 shorturl.at/BZWEc
Submit here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Submit your proposal now!
📍 Osaka, June 24–27, 2026
Find more information here 👉 shorturl.at/BZWEc
Submit here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Submit your proposal now!
➡️ LATEST ARTICLE: "Therapist and treatment credibility in treatment outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clients’ perceptions in individual and face-to-face psychotherapies"
✍️ by Güler Beril Kumpasoğlu, Chloe Campbell, Rob Saunders & Peter Fonagy
Read here
✍️ by Güler Beril Kumpasoğlu, Chloe Campbell, Rob Saunders & Peter Fonagy
Read here
Therapist and treatment credibility in treatment outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clients’ perceptions in individual and face-to-face psychotherapies
No systematic review was identified investigating the influence of perceived therapist credibility on treatment outcomes. Extant treatment credibility reviews have focused on early perceptions with...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
➡️ LATEST ARTICLE: "Therapist and treatment credibility in treatment outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clients’ perceptions in individual and face-to-face psychotherapies"
✍️ by Güler Beril Kumpasoğlu, Chloe Campbell, Rob Saunders & Peter Fonagy
Read here
✍️ by Güler Beril Kumpasoğlu, Chloe Campbell, Rob Saunders & Peter Fonagy
Read here
October 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Upcoming NextGen Webinar Series by the @spr-eu-youngs.bsky.social :
"Navigating Family and your Scientific Career"
Presented by Prof. Lauren Lipner, Dr. Lena Gmelch and Dr. Javier Fernández-Álvarez.
📅 Tuesday, October 21st at 18:00 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/BPe9y
"Navigating Family and your Scientific Career"
Presented by Prof. Lauren Lipner, Dr. Lena Gmelch and Dr. Javier Fernández-Álvarez.
📅 Tuesday, October 21st at 18:00 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/BPe9y
October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Upcoming NextGen Webinar Series by the @spr-eu-youngs.bsky.social :
"Navigating Family and your Scientific Career"
Presented by Prof. Lauren Lipner, Dr. Lena Gmelch and Dr. Javier Fernández-Álvarez.
📅 Tuesday, October 21st at 18:00 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/BPe9y
"Navigating Family and your Scientific Career"
Presented by Prof. Lauren Lipner, Dr. Lena Gmelch and Dr. Javier Fernández-Álvarez.
📅 Tuesday, October 21st at 18:00 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/BPe9y
🖥️ Upcoming SPR Distinguished Researcher Webinar
"We Messed Around and Created a Learning Health System: An Example of Practice - Oriented Research in Eating Disorder Treatment"
👥 Presented by James F. Boswell, PhD and Gayle Brooks, PhD.
🔗 Register here:
shorturl.at/G43QP
"We Messed Around and Created a Learning Health System: An Example of Practice - Oriented Research in Eating Disorder Treatment"
👥 Presented by James F. Boswell, PhD and Gayle Brooks, PhD.
🔗 Register here:
shorturl.at/G43QP
August 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🖥️ Upcoming SPR Distinguished Researcher Webinar
"We Messed Around and Created a Learning Health System: An Example of Practice - Oriented Research in Eating Disorder Treatment"
👥 Presented by James F. Boswell, PhD and Gayle Brooks, PhD.
🔗 Register here:
shorturl.at/G43QP
"We Messed Around and Created a Learning Health System: An Example of Practice - Oriented Research in Eating Disorder Treatment"
👥 Presented by James F. Boswell, PhD and Gayle Brooks, PhD.
🔗 Register here:
shorturl.at/G43QP
Outside the sessions, the 56th International Annual Meeting offered plenty of opportunities to connect—over coffee, in hallways, and between events. These informal moments sparked meaningful conversations and helped strengthen our community 🤝
See you next year in hashtag#SPROsaka2026 🇯🇵 !
See you next year in hashtag#SPROsaka2026 🇯🇵 !
August 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Outside the sessions, the 56th International Annual Meeting offered plenty of opportunities to connect—over coffee, in hallways, and between events. These informal moments sparked meaningful conversations and helped strengthen our community 🤝
See you next year in hashtag#SPROsaka2026 🇯🇵 !
See you next year in hashtag#SPROsaka2026 🇯🇵 !
It was great to see familiar faces and welcome new colleagues as we came together to share emerging research, reflect on developments in the field, and reconnect around shared interests!
🌏 We kicked off the 56th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research with several workshops and the Welcome Ceremony. #SPRKrakow2025
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It was great to see familiar faces and welcome new colleagues as we came together to share emerging research, reflect on developments in the field, and reconnect around shared interests!
🌏 We kicked off the 56th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research with several workshops and the Welcome Ceremony. #SPRKrakow2025
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🌏 We kicked off the 56th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research with several workshops and the Welcome Ceremony. #SPRKrakow2025
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it‘s been a first — @sprofficial.bsky.social! a blast of diverse, topical inputs; inspiring people, #starstruck. already looking forward to the next years! #sprkrakow2025
June 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
it‘s been a first — @sprofficial.bsky.social! a blast of diverse, topical inputs; inspiring people, #starstruck. already looking forward to the next years! #sprkrakow2025
📅 On June 25–28, 2025, the 56th Society for Psychotherapy Research International Annual Meeting "Psychotherapy Research-Practice Integration: Who Are the Voices We Need to Hear" took place in Krakow 🇵🇱.
🔗 We invite you to read about the event on the website: spr.krakow.pl
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🔗 We invite you to read about the event on the website: spr.krakow.pl
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July 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📅 On June 25–28, 2025, the 56th Society for Psychotherapy Research International Annual Meeting "Psychotherapy Research-Practice Integration: Who Are the Voices We Need to Hear" took place in Krakow 🇵🇱.
🔗 We invite you to read about the event on the website: spr.krakow.pl
🧵
🔗 We invite you to read about the event on the website: spr.krakow.pl
🧵
Reposted by Society for Psychotherapy Research
If you’re heading to @sprofficial.bsky.social meeting in Krakow, check out our panels on tech, personalization, & precision in psychotherapy!
📱 Enhancing Clinical Practice w/ EMA (Fri, 11:30am)
📊 Innovations in Personalization/Precision in Therapy (Sat, 2pm)
🧠 Neuroscience in Therapy (Sat, 3:15pm)
📱 Enhancing Clinical Practice w/ EMA (Fri, 11:30am)
📊 Innovations in Personalization/Precision in Therapy (Sat, 2pm)
🧠 Neuroscience in Therapy (Sat, 3:15pm)
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you’re heading to @sprofficial.bsky.social meeting in Krakow, check out our panels on tech, personalization, & precision in psychotherapy!
📱 Enhancing Clinical Practice w/ EMA (Fri, 11:30am)
📊 Innovations in Personalization/Precision in Therapy (Sat, 2pm)
🧠 Neuroscience in Therapy (Sat, 3:15pm)
📱 Enhancing Clinical Practice w/ EMA (Fri, 11:30am)
📊 Innovations in Personalization/Precision in Therapy (Sat, 2pm)
🧠 Neuroscience in Therapy (Sat, 3:15pm)
If you're attending the SPR Conference, please check your spam folder. Some emails with instructions for the Conference are ending up there.
June 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you're attending the SPR Conference, please check your spam folder. Some emails with instructions for the Conference are ending up there.
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Looks like good programme options are available for early career researchers attending #SPRKrakow2025!
Structured discussions on #MentalHealth in academia and how to build your career path w @andrewathan.bsky.social and other NOBsky
#ECRs #PsychotherapyResearch #HiddenCurriculum
Structured discussions on #MentalHealth in academia and how to build your career path w @andrewathan.bsky.social and other NOBsky
#ECRs #PsychotherapyResearch #HiddenCurriculum
Are you a student or early-career researcher attending the 56th Annual SPR Conference in Kraków? See below the upcoming Student Activities!
📲 Scan the QR code to join the SPR Students & ECR WhatsApp Group to stay connected, share tips, and plan meetups!
Can't wait to see you in Kraków! 🇵🇱
📲 Scan the QR code to join the SPR Students & ECR WhatsApp Group to stay connected, share tips, and plan meetups!
Can't wait to see you in Kraków! 🇵🇱
June 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Looks like good programme options are available for early career researchers attending #SPRKrakow2025!
Structured discussions on #MentalHealth in academia and how to build your career path w @andrewathan.bsky.social and other NOBsky
#ECRs #PsychotherapyResearch #HiddenCurriculum
Structured discussions on #MentalHealth in academia and how to build your career path w @andrewathan.bsky.social and other NOBsky
#ECRs #PsychotherapyResearch #HiddenCurriculum
Are you a student or early-career researcher attending the 56th Annual SPR Conference in Kraków? See below the upcoming Student Activities!
📲 Scan the QR code to join the SPR Students & ECR WhatsApp Group to stay connected, share tips, and plan meetups!
Can't wait to see you in Kraków! 🇵🇱
📲 Scan the QR code to join the SPR Students & ECR WhatsApp Group to stay connected, share tips, and plan meetups!
Can't wait to see you in Kraków! 🇵🇱
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Are you a student or early-career researcher attending the 56th Annual SPR Conference in Kraków? See below the upcoming Student Activities!
📲 Scan the QR code to join the SPR Students & ECR WhatsApp Group to stay connected, share tips, and plan meetups!
Can't wait to see you in Kraków! 🇵🇱
📲 Scan the QR code to join the SPR Students & ECR WhatsApp Group to stay connected, share tips, and plan meetups!
Can't wait to see you in Kraków! 🇵🇱
📑 Latest SPR Psychotherapy Research Summary
➡️ Article: "Treatment and prevention of common mental health problems: comparisons of four low-intensity interventions in a community outpatient setting"
✍️ By Lindberg et al., (2025)
🔗 Read summary here:
shorturl.at/KgYnQ
➡️ Article: "Treatment and prevention of common mental health problems: comparisons of four low-intensity interventions in a community outpatient setting"
✍️ By Lindberg et al., (2025)
🔗 Read summary here:
shorturl.at/KgYnQ
May 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📑 Latest SPR Psychotherapy Research Summary
➡️ Article: "Treatment and prevention of common mental health problems: comparisons of four low-intensity interventions in a community outpatient setting"
✍️ By Lindberg et al., (2025)
🔗 Read summary here:
shorturl.at/KgYnQ
➡️ Article: "Treatment and prevention of common mental health problems: comparisons of four low-intensity interventions in a community outpatient setting"
✍️ By Lindberg et al., (2025)
🔗 Read summary here:
shorturl.at/KgYnQ
Upcoming Webinar from the SPR Distinguished Researcher Webinar Series:
"Building the Therapeutic Relationship in Diverse Asian Contexts"
Presented by Harold Chui and Poornima Bhola
📅 May 30th, 2025 at 14 - 15.30 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/q3DnG
"Building the Therapeutic Relationship in Diverse Asian Contexts"
Presented by Harold Chui and Poornima Bhola
📅 May 30th, 2025 at 14 - 15.30 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/q3DnG
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Upcoming Webinar from the SPR Distinguished Researcher Webinar Series:
"Building the Therapeutic Relationship in Diverse Asian Contexts"
Presented by Harold Chui and Poornima Bhola
📅 May 30th, 2025 at 14 - 15.30 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/q3DnG
"Building the Therapeutic Relationship in Diverse Asian Contexts"
Presented by Harold Chui and Poornima Bhola
📅 May 30th, 2025 at 14 - 15.30 (CEST)
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/q3DnG
Upcoming Webinar from the EU-SPR Webinar Series:
"Workshop: Alliance and Rupture-Repair in Psychotherapy with Young People" presented by Antonella Cirasola
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/K5ZE9
"Workshop: Alliance and Rupture-Repair in Psychotherapy with Young People" presented by Antonella Cirasola
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/K5ZE9
May 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Upcoming Webinar from the EU-SPR Webinar Series:
"Workshop: Alliance and Rupture-Repair in Psychotherapy with Young People" presented by Antonella Cirasola
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/K5ZE9
"Workshop: Alliance and Rupture-Repair in Psychotherapy with Young People" presented by Antonella Cirasola
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/K5ZE9
Upcoming Webinar from the EU-SPR Webinar Series:
"Therapists’ and Patients’ Views on Using Digital Technology Including Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Interventions" presented by Vera Békés, PhD.
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/9zgLg
"Therapists’ and Patients’ Views on Using Digital Technology Including Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Interventions" presented by Vera Békés, PhD.
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/9zgLg
April 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Upcoming Webinar from the EU-SPR Webinar Series:
"Therapists’ and Patients’ Views on Using Digital Technology Including Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Interventions" presented by Vera Békés, PhD.
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/9zgLg
"Therapists’ and Patients’ Views on Using Digital Technology Including Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Interventions" presented by Vera Békés, PhD.
Register here 👉 shorturl.at/9zgLg
We’re excited to highlight Dr Elizabeth Li as this year’s recipient of the Society for Psychotherapy Research Student Travel Award, get to know her experience at the Conference! 🎓✈️
Get to know more about the #SPRStudentTravelAward here 👉 www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/SPRAwar...
Get to know more about the #SPRStudentTravelAward here 👉 www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/SPRAwar...
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We’re excited to highlight Dr Elizabeth Li as this year’s recipient of the Society for Psychotherapy Research Student Travel Award, get to know her experience at the Conference! 🎓✈️
Get to know more about the #SPRStudentTravelAward here 👉 www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/SPRAwar...
Get to know more about the #SPRStudentTravelAward here 👉 www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/SPRAwar...
Don't miss Part two of the webinar series "Advancing Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Psychotherapy Research", organized by SPR's North American Chapter. It also offers one CE credit.
Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Don't miss Part two of the webinar series "Advancing Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Psychotherapy Research", organized by SPR's North American Chapter. It also offers one CE credit.
Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The Scientific Committee is excited to announce that the submission system is now open for the online revision period.
Modify your abstracts until April 15, 2025.
🔗 Presenters can begin their revisions here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net
Modify your abstracts until April 15, 2025.
🔗 Presenters can begin their revisions here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net
April 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Scientific Committee is excited to announce that the submission system is now open for the online revision period.
Modify your abstracts until April 15, 2025.
🔗 Presenters can begin their revisions here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net
Modify your abstracts until April 15, 2025.
🔗 Presenters can begin their revisions here 👉 spr.mymeetingsavvy.net