SPRISTAD Collaborative Multi-Site Longitudinal Study of Development in Psychotherapy Trainees

SPRISTAD  is a large-scale collaborative (longitudinal) study of psychotherapy trainee development that is led by the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). The study aims to track progressive changes over time in trainees as therapists, to empirically identify factors that tend to facilitate or impede trainee development, and  to do so by gathering quantitative and qualitative data from a large number of psychotherapy trainees of various types in a wide range of training programs. The Metanoia Research Centre will coordinate the research for participating training programs within Metanoia Institute.

The basis for this study is a research instrument consisting of five different measures, focusing on the background of training programs and trainees, and the trainee´s practice.  This is a multisite, international research programme expected to start in 2016.

Funded by: No formal funding. Supported by the Society for Psychotherapy Research www.psychotherapyresearch.org

Principal Investigators: Prof. David Orlinsky (University of Chicago, USA) and Prof. Bernhard Strauss (University of Jena,Germany).

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