ABSTRACT
The wide divide between research and clinical practice is well documented, and many psychotherapists do not implement empirical findings in their routine clinical work. A proposed evidence-based effort to address this science-practice gap is practice-oriented research, where clinicians are active participants in all aspects of research. The current chapter presents different types of practice research networks, infrastructures in which researchers and clinicians collaborate to conduct research in clinical practice, and the various types of clinically actionable studies that have been conducted within these infrastructures. The chapter concludes with the benefits and obstacles that clinicians are likely to experience when conducting research studies in their clinical practice, as well as strategies to deal with these challenges so as to facilitate clinicians’ engagement in research initiatives.
