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The Center for Psychotherapy Research consists of researchers from the Psychology Research Institute and the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno. It is dedicated to the implementation of research projects, as well as connecting the world of research and practice in the field of psychotherapy and counselling.

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7 Feb 2024

We presented at the conference New Horizons of Qualitative Research

We presented the findings of our recent qualitative meta-analysis at the New Horizons of Qualitative Research conference. We examined how psychotherapists in approximately 50 qualitative studies perceived routine process and outcome monitoring in psychotherapy. The findings are encouraging - routine monitoring has the potential to provide important cues in many areas, such as client improvement and deterioration during therapy, clients' satisfaction with the therapeutic process, and clients' preferences about how the treatment should proceed.

29 Jan 2024

Another run of our Deliberative Practice course has taken place

In January, the second run of the Deliberative Practice in Psychotherapy course was held, taught by Dr. Petr Doležal and Dr. Jan Nehyba. The course is based on current knowledge about the development of expertise in psychotherapists. Furthermore, the course is closely connecte with the DeePsy application that serves as a tool for routine outcome monitoring and feedback. We plan to provide the course in the following year as well.

20 Nov 2023

We participate in the DigiWELL project

The Centre for Psychotherapy Research is involved in the Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing project. The principle investigator of the project is the University of Ostrava and a total of eight institutions are involved in the project. Our aim is to investigate, for instance, client preferences in psychotherapy, trajectories of therapeutic change or the interaction of different change mechanisms during the therapeutic process - particularly in the context of the DeePsy application.

23 Oct 2023

Our PhD students were awarded

The Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies awarded prizes for excellence in doctoral studies at MUNI to two of our doctoral students: Adam Klocek and Martina Klocková. Adam's dissertation included an extensive review study focusing on the possibilities and limits of the nonlinear dynamic systems paradigm in psychotherapy research. Martina investigated the effectiveness of psychotherapy in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms. Congratulations to both awardees!