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

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 approach 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 improvement on the GHQ‐12 with a large effect size, and 76% of cases were evaluated as reaching reliable and clinically significant change.Practitioner points SYPRENE is a digital practice research network Outcome data have been collected on 1,079 cases. Evidence supports the effectiveness of strategic therapy.