The Research Department

Introduction

Research is organized in the form of research programs. Each program has a regulation and is run by one or more program directors. The program directors organize research activity in collaboration with professionals from home and abroad, ACCPI students being involved as research assistants or researchers in these programs.

The research department is headed by the Commission for the Organization of Professional and Scientific Manifestations, led by Loredana Ileana Viscu.

No matter what the psychotherapeutic approach used by the psychotherapist in his/her practice, he/she will have to consider whether there is empirical support for the treatment applied. Evidence-based practice means combining knowledge about treatments that work for certain nosological entities with what is appropriate for a certain client, in a certain cultural setting.

According to the American Psychological Association, evidence-based practice is the integration of the best research available with clinical experience, in the context of client characteristics, culture and preferences. Evidence-based practice emphasizes the results of experimental comparisons to document the effectiveness of treatments over control groups, other treatments, or compared to both. Clients are entitled to treatment that has been proven to be effective. Effective treatment means the ability of the psychotherapist to make a fair choice of treatment. Increasingly, psychotherapists need to be up to date with research in the field of psychology.

Twenty years ago, too few psychotherapists were concerned about the scientific evidence to support the psychotherapeutic approach they adhered to. But the world of psychotherapy has changed a lot since the early 21st century. Psychotherapists must be able to scientifically support one or another therapeutic approach and have the obligation to know what works and what doesn’t. What evidence is there to support the effectiveness of a particular approach in psychotherapy? What shows us that certain factors and / or interventions are effective? Do you know which treatments are proven to be effective? Do you use the same interventions regardless of the client presentation problem? We need to document the factors that work in psychothera

Research Commission

Chairperson of the Commission for the Organization of Professional and Scientific Manifestations: Loredana Ileana Viscu

The powers of the commission:

  • Elaboration of the research strategy within the Association of Integrative Research, Counseling and Psychotherapy (ACCPI);
  • Organization and development of research units: research departments, research centers, etc;
  • Supporting and promoting the participation of ACCPI members in national and international scientific events;
  • Monitoring and regular evaluation of the research activity within ACCPI and of the related financial-accounting situation;
  • Identification of the performances and their stimulation among ACCPI members;
  • Promote collaboration in the field of research with universities, institutes, professional associations, research institutes;
  • Organization of scientific events with national and international participation;
  • Coordination of publication of informative materials, magazines, brochures, leaflets, etc;
  • Support the publication of articles by ACCPI members in national and international journals;
  • Establishing an ACCPI library;
  • Publishing our journal;
  • Promoting collaboration with scientific journals;
  • Coordination of the actions related to the awarding of prizes within the ACCPI for the professional activity of the members of the association, considering the stimulation of the young generation in the first place;
  • Organization of scientific competitions within ACCPI;
  • Procedures for the accreditation of professional and scientific programs and events;
  • It proposes delegates to scientific events in our country and abroad.

Research Programs

RP1 research program

Strategic integrative psychotherapy – coordinators: Oana Maria Popescu & Loredana Ileana Viscu

Within the research program, the foundations of the strategic integrative model in psychotherapy were laid. A description of the bases of the strategic integrative model can be found here: Strategic integrative psychotherapy – author: Oana Maria Popescu

As a result of the research program, a series of ISI-indexed scientific papers and of psychotherapy books and textbooks have been published.

Published books:

  • 1. Strategic Integrative Psychotherapy. Theory and Practice – Oana Maria Popescu & Loredana Ileana Viscu, ed. Liber Mundi, Bucharest, 2016
  • 2. Common Factors in Psychotherapy. The Integrative-Strategic Approach – Oana Maria Popescu & Loredana Ileana Viscu, ed. Pro Universitaria, Bucharest, 2017
  • 3. Strategic Integrative Psychotherapy Approaches – volume coordinators Loredana Ileana Viscu & Oana Maria Popescu, ed. PubliBanat, Timisoara, 2015. The book represents the contribution of our students to the development of integrative psychotherapy:
  • 4. Studies in Strategic Integrative Psychotherapy – volume coordinators Loredana Ileana Viscu & Oana Maria Popescu, ed. ProUniversitaria, Bucharest, 2017. The book represents the contributions of our students to the development of integrative psychotherapy:

Articles:

  • 1. Principles of integrative strategic psychotherapy – Oana Maria Popescu & Loredana Ileana Viscu, Journal of Integrative Research, Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2013
  • 2. In Search for Identity: Integrative Psychotherapy in Romania– Oana Maria Popescu, Journal of Integrative Research, Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2016
  • 3. Integrative Strategic Psychotherapy: The Four-Self Model – Oana Maria Popescu & Loredana Ileana Viscu, SICAP Proceedings, 2013

RP2 research program

Supervision in integrative psychotherapy – coordinators Loredana Ileana Viscu & Oana Maria Popescu. The research program, in progress, was materialized by publishing a series of articles and books:

  • 1. The Strategic Integrative Model of Supervision – Loredana Ileana Viscu, ed. Academic Universe, Bucharest, 2018
  • 2. The Utilization Principles and Parallel Processes in Supervision – Oana Maria Popescu, Journal of Integrative Research, Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2012
  • 3. Therapist Variables in Psychotherapy – Oana Maria Popescu, Journal of Integrative Research, Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2012

RP3 research program

Competence standards in integrative psychotherapy – coordinator Loredana Ileana Viscu.

Articles:

  • Drobot Loredana, Integrative Educational Counseling, Agora Psycho-Pragmatica, Aurel Vlaicu University Publishing House, pages 7-15, ISSN: 1842-6840, 2009
  • Rotaru Ileana, Drobot Loredana, Media Pedagogy Program Based on Mixed Standard Scale (MSS) of Teachers? Media competence, ECER Conference, 2008
  • Drobot Loredana, The continuing professional development of the teachers. Case study – the schools from our area. International Journal of Psychology, ECER Annual Conference, Volume: 43, ISSUC: 3-4, pp. 628-628, Published: Jun – Aug 2008
  • Drobot Loredana, Rotaru Ileana, The pre-university – teacher’s mediatic competence measuring and evaluation, The 11th European Congress of Psychology, Oslo, Norway, 7-10 July 2009
  • Drobot Loredana, Paloş Ramona, Rotaru Ileana, ECER August 26, 2010, Helsinky, Norway, Continuing Professional Development: Learning for Individuals, Leaders and Organizations
  • Drobot Loredana, Petrovici Merima Carmen, “Child and adolescent psychopedagogical counseling, learning competence”, AFASES 2013, 15th International Conference, Brasov, ISBN 22473173,23-25.10.2013

RP4 research program

Psychotherapeutic interventions in rheumatoid arthritis – coordinator Loredana Ileana Viscu

  • Drobot Loredana, Paloş Ramona, Gender differences regarding the impact of functional and dysfunctional emotions of the automatic thoughts, Lyciu Studi Jos IR Tyrimai 2008 (5), Lithuania, pp. 91-101, ISSN 1822 – 6310

RP5 research program

Child psychotherapy – therapeutic myth hypothesis – coordinator Oana Maria Popescu

  • 1. Popescu, O.M. (2015): ”The Wizarding School. Integrative strategic child psychotherapy “, the European Conference on Integrative Psychotherapy, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2. Popescu, O.M. & Gane, G. (2011): An Integrative Group Psychotherapy Program for Children. The Wizarding School, International Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy, 2 (2), 1-18
  • 3. Popescu, O.M. (2015): Landmarks in child psychopathology from the perspective of the integrative strategic model of the Self, pp. 95-138, in Loredana- Ileana Vîșcu (Ed.), Child Psychopathology: Case Studies, Timisoara: Publibanat

RP6 research program

The integrative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia – coordinator Oana Maria Popescu

  • Popescu, O.M. (2013): An integrative psychotherapeutic model for the treatment of paranoid schizophrenia, International Journal of Psychotherapy, 17 (1), 1-16

Observation:

According to the Ministry of Education, ISI indexing means a journal / publication for which Thomson Reuters calculates and publishes the impact factor in Journal Citation Reports. ISI indexing presents three sub-products (databases): SCI-E (Science Citation Index-Expanded), SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index) and AHCI (Arts & Humanities Citation Index). What we call ISI or simply ISI refers to the journals listed in these three products (SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI). All three databases are accessible through the Web of Science platform (http://isiknowledge.com). ISI quotes are Article, Proceeding type documents listed in SCI-E, SSCI or AHCI. In the three ISI databases (SCI-E, SSCI, AHC) there can be Proceeding paper articles. ISI-Proceedings represents two other databases: Conference Proceedings Citation IndexScience (CPCI-S) and Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH).