Congratulations Hoa Ly (he is defending his PhD thesis today)

Today the psychologist and PhD student Hoa Ly will most likely receive his PhD degree. In Sweden the PhD defence is a public event. The supervisors have been Gerhard Andersson and Per Carlbring. Starting today at 13:00 at the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning at Linköpings university Hoa will present his thesis. The thesis … Läs mer!

A content analysis of client e-mails in guided internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for depression

The relationship between what a client writes when communicating with an online therapist and treatment outcome in internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) is largely unknown. The aim of our new study (published today) was to addresses if written correspondence from the client to the therapist correlate with outcome and treatment completion. A total of 29 … Läs mer!

Psychological treatments for depression delivered via the Internet and supported by a clinician: an update

If only it was that simple!

Guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) has been tested in many trials since the early studies dating back to the late 1990’s. The aim of this review was to investigate the most recent literature on guided ICBT for depression. We identified 11 controlled studies published between January 2013 and September 2014. Overall, large treatment effects were observed with a … Läs mer!

Internet-delivered applied relaxation for hot flushes in postmenopausal women

Today we published a study in an international journal of midlife health and beyond called “Maturitas” (Impact Factor: 2.861). Internet-delivered therapies have a short history and promising results have been shown for several health problems, particularly for psychiatric conditions. This study was a first attempt to evaluate whether Internet-delivered applied relaxation for hot flushes in … Läs mer!

Negative effects of Internet interventions: A qualitative content analysis of patients’ experiences with treatments delivered online

Today a paper was accepted for publication about potential negative effects of Internet interventions. Internet interventions are defined as the delivery of health-care-related treatments via an online or a smartphone interface, and have been shown to be a viable alternative to face-to-face treatments. However, not all patients benefit from such treatments, and it is possible … Läs mer!

Welcome Alexander Miloff!

Today I welcome Alexander Miloff (from Canada) to our group. He has a master in Arts, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Spirituality. His thesis was entitled “Evaluating the use of Computer-Aided Psychotherapy to the Practice of Counselling”. Alexander is a trained psychotherapist (but he has also published two papers on nutrition). Alexander will first work on a few ungoing research … Läs mer!

Experiences of a guided smartphone-based behavioral activation therapy for depression: A qualitative study

Recently, a number of studies have investigated treatments administered via smartphones showing that this treatment format have a potential to be effective. However, we still have limited knowledge of how patients experience this treatment format. The objective of this study was to explore participants’ views of a smartphone-based behavioral activation treatment. In-depth interviews were conducted … Läs mer!

Keynote speaker in Antwerp (Belgium)

Någon Twittrade om min keynote

Today I was a so called Keynote speaker in Antwerp (Belgium). It was the Flemish section of our Association for (cognitive) Behaviour Therapy that organized its yearly conference. The congress had more than 200 participants, and my keynote was “the center piece of the educational program”. The talk was entitled “Is internet-delivered CBT as effective as … Läs mer!

Meeting with Aaron T Beck

At a private party organized by the Beck Institute at the 48th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies I finally got my sought after picture with Aaron T Beck. He is regarded as the founding father of the founding father of Cognitive Therapy. As you can see from the video his physical strength … Läs mer!