The topic of the 6th Joint European & UK Chapters Conference of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) was “Psychotherapy in a fast-changing world”. The conference was held in Brno, Czech Republic, on September 12-14, 2024.
Vera Gergov, a Postdoctoral Researcher from the CLIPI group, was invited to speak and discuss in a Semi-plenary on “Practice-based evidence: From local measurement to applications and national implementation” arranged by Professor Michael Barkham from the University of Sheffield, UK. Vera presented “The early stages of practice-based evidence” providing perspectives on the first steps that are necessary to begin with when you aim for gathering practice-based evidence on service level through the experiences gained from translating and implementing the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-measures (CORE-OM/YP-CORE) in Finland.
The event brought together around 200 psychotherapy researchers and clinicians around Europe. The program covered a wide range of presentations and posters from the current state of the art in the field, including many interesting topics such as individualizing outcome measures and the use of AI in the field of psychotherapy. It was also a great opportunity to meet cooperation partners and get to know new bright and fun colleagues.