EFPP Research
An area requiring further attention is that of research in the field of current psychoanalytic theories and practice. One area that shows potential for further development is primarily that of clinically-based research, where the clinicians themselves can contribute in a more integrated way through the systematic documentation of their own clinical work. This type of research is now being done in many European countries with positive results. This is becoming increasingly urgent as insurance companies and health authorities in many European countries have cut back on funding for psychotherapy and will only fund solid, evidence-based therapies. The dissemination of research now available from an increasing number of specific studies in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and its effectiveness is a primary task for the EFPP.
In this way we hope all our member organisations and countries will have access to study- based research which they can use when making a case for psychotherapy in their own countries. To do this the EFPP website reports on this field’s main findings to allow continuous and interactive communication among member organisations.
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Effectiveness of both short-term and long-term psychoanalytically grounded psychotherapy
Raymond A. Levy, J. Stuart Ablon, Horst Kaechele. New York, Humana Press, in press, 2011.
Dr. Eilis Kennedy -Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy- A Systematic Review of Psychoanalytic Approaches
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review of Psychoanalytic Approaches was written by Dr. Eilis Kennedy and published in May 2004 by the North Central London Strategic Health Authority . It contains a systematic review of the research evidence for the effectiveness of psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy. It concludes that there is evidence to support the effectiveness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy for children/young people with a range of psychological disorders. Beneficial effects are shown with treatment on a variety of outcome measures and many studies showed that improvements were sustained or even enhanced at long-term follow up.
Kennedy & Midgley -Process and Outcome Research in Child- Adolescent and Parent-Infant Psychotherapy - A Thematic Review
Process and Outcome research in Child, Adolescent and Parent-Infant Psychotherapy: A Thematic Review was written by Dr. Eilis Kennedy and Nick Midgley and published in March 2007 by the North Central London Strategic Health Authority . The aim of this second review is to look more broadly at other research, not captured in the first review but nonetheless of relevance to those working psychotherapeutically with children. In order to give some focus to what is a wide area of research, this review is limited to research in three distinct areas, namely the process of psychoanalytic child psychotherapy, child and adolescent research in a clinical setting, and parent-infant psychotherapy. The publication also includes a substantial glossary of many of the measures and assessment tools referred to in each section of the review.
Charlotte Jarvis - Research Workshop Report
EFPP WORKSHOP REPORT: Erica Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
The idea for a child psychotherapy research workshop had emerged at an earlier European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy workshop. The Erica Foundation, which is based in Stockholm and has a history of undertaken research into child psychotherapy, took this idea forward and managed to secure a grant to run this invitational workshop. The grant enabled the Erica Foundation to accommodate and feed participants who had to get themselves to Stockholm. On Friday 17 th of October researcher-practitioners from various European countries and three Americans met at the Erica Foundation, which is based in a spacious arts and crafts style building in Stockholm.