Research group Stockholm University research group for Process and Outcome in Psychodynamic therapies (SU-POP)
Our research focus is mainly on process and outcome in psychodynamic therapy (PDT) in various formats – standard psychotherapy setting, internet-delivered treatment, and online psychotherapy.
Our group have several ongoing research projects focusing on different interventions for patient populations with varying types of distress:
- The ERiCA project concerns affect-focused internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy (IPDT) for adolescents with depression. So far, two randomized controlled trials have been carried out. A third trial will be conducted during 2024.
- In collaboration with Northern Stockholm Psychiatry, a project is carried out that tries the feasibility of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) in group format for psychiatric patients with complex and long-lasting disorders.
- During the covid-19 pandemic a project started that investigates patients’ and therapists’ experiences of transition from standard psychotherapy setting to telepsychotherapy. The aim is to learn for the future about hybrid and online therapies.
- Another research project is in its starting phase and it concerns emotion-focused digital interventions for patients with medically unexplained symptoms.
We collaborate with professor Peter Wennberg, Department of Public Health Sciences, and professor Fredrik Falkenström, Linnæus University.
Group members
Group managers
Björn Philips
Professor
Members
David Anders Forsström
Researcher
Peter Lilliengren
Associate Professor
Karin Lindqvist
Assistant Professor
Malin Cecilia Ljungdahl
Project Coordinator
Daniel Maroti
Researcher
Jakob Mechler
Researcher
Andrzej Werbart
Affiliated Professor
Camilla von Below
Assistant Professor