SYPRENE, a new international Systemic Practice Research Network (PRN), has been established to fill the gap in practice-based research on the effectiveness and efficiency of strategic therapies. This article presents the rationale for the creation of SYPRENE and describes data collection methods, and the encoding system implemented within this PRN. More developments are expected in the recruitment of practitioners, the types of data collected, findings, and the implementation of SYPRENE in supervision, trainings, and professional schools.

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Nous présentons un modèle de psychothérapie familiale systémique, centrée sur les stratégies de régulation émotionnelle. Notre hypothèse est qu’en axant notre travail sur la régulation des émotions des différents membres de la famille, nous aurons une meilleure compréhension des effets de cette régulation sur l’ensemble de la famille et la place de la régulation émotionnelle dans la chaîne circulaire des interactions intrafamiliales. Une recherche-action menée auprès de trente familles permet de dégager des premiers résultats sur les effets de l’agression verbale, la suppression expressive, le déni, la rumination et la réévaluation cognitive. Des patterns de régulation émotionnelle caractérisent les familles de la même façon que les patterns transactionnels décrits par la première systémique ou les croyances partagées décrites par la deuxième systémique. Nous pensons que la réflexion sur la régulation émotionnelle va dans le sens de l’essor d’une troisième systémique.

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 1. SYPRENE is a digital practice research network 2. Outcome data have been collected on 1,079 cases. 3. Evidence supports the effectiveness of strategic therapy.

In the contemporary world, new information and communication technologies (ICTs) have revolutionized family relationships and organization. Mobile phones, tablets, and computers are entrenched in everyday family life. Therefore, families face new challenges with problematic internet use, blurring boundaries between the outside world and the domestic sphere. Sometimes these changes in living together lead to suffering. How do therapists respond to these new challenges faced by contemporary families? Considering the emotion regulation strategies underlying the problematic use of technology, we develop an Emotion Regulation Focused Family Therapy. Within the Change Process Research paradigm, which aims to explain how psychotherapy produces change, we examine this innovative therapeutic approach in an exploratory process in order to refine our own practice. We conducted a qualitative research for five families in family therapy under natural clinical conditions to identify the therapist's interventions and the family configurations. The core theme was therapist interventions. The results identified 12 subcategories under this category. We built an emotion regulation focused model with 12 steps from these subcategories. Each of the interventions is illustrated with some excerpts from the sessions. Clinical considerations, methodological issues limiting the current body of work, and recommendations for future research are discussed.