LACT - Effectiveness and Efficiency of Strategic and Systemic Therapy in Naturalistic Settings: Preliminary Findings from a Systemic Practice Research Network (SYPRENE)

Effectiveness and Efficiency of Strategic and Systemic Therapy in Naturalistic Settings: Preliminary Findings from a Systemic Practice Research Network (SYPRENE)

Grégoire Vitry, Rytis Pakrosnis, Olivier Gabriel Brosseau, and Nathalie Duriez

Summary

SYPRENE, an international digital network for Systemic Practice Research (PRN), was created in 2014 to address the lack of practice-based research regarding the effectiveness and efficiency of systemic therapies, starting with strategic therapies. This article reports the first results of the results. So far, twenty-seven therapists from multiple countries using MRI's strategic brief therapy approach have collected data for a wide range of problem diagnoses. Data is reported here for 1,150 completed cases. The dropout rate was 19%. Significant improvement or complete resolution of the problem was reported by therapists in 80% of cases and by patients in 90% of cases, with an average of 5.4 sessions and 5.3 months of treatment. Patients reported significant improvement on GHQ-12 with a large effect size, and 76% of cases were rated as having achieved reliable and clinically significant change.

Key words

brief therapy; MRI; results research; research methodology ; strategic therapy; systemic consultation.

Key points for the practitioner:

1. SYPRENE is a digital practice research network
2. Outcome data was collected on 1,079 cases.
3. Evidence supports the effectiveness of strategic therapy.

Abstract:

SYPRENE, an international digital systemic practice research network (PRN), was established in 2014 to fill the gap in practice- based research on the effectiveness and efficiency of systemic therapies, starting with strategic therapies. This article reports initial outcome results. So far, twenty- seven therapists from several countries using the MRI brief therapy strategic ap proach have collected data for a wide range of problem diagnoses. Data are reported here for 1,150 completed cases. The drop- out rate was 19%.
Significant improvement or complete problem resolution was reported by therapists in 80% and by patients in 90% of cases, with an average of 5.4 sessions and 5.3 months of treatment. Patients reported significant im provement on the GHQ- 12 with a large effect size, and 76% of cases were evaluated as reaching reliable and clinically significant change.

Keywords

brief therapy; MRI; outcome research; research methodology; strategic therapy; systemic consultation.

Practitioner Points:

1. SYPRENE is a digital practice research network
2. Outcome data have been collected on 1,079 cases.
3. Evidence supports the effectiveness of strategic therapy.