Our Vision
We endeavour to establish a preeminent training institute dedicated to the professional training of psychotherapists, amalgamating diverse psychotherapeutic methodologies under a unified framework, in the ethos of integration within psychotherapy. Additionally, we aspire to foster extensive European collaboration by exchanging expertise with specialists across various European nations, promoting collegiality and multiculturalism throughout Europe.
Our Mission
- To position ourselves as a centre of excellence for psychotherapy training programmes.
- To broaden the scope of psychotherapy and introduce a multicultural perspective.
- To champion research and the advancement of professional knowledge within the field of psychotherapy.
- To educate the public about the efficacy of psychotherapy.
- To endorse publications within the psychotherapy field.
What is Integrative Psychotherapy as envisioned by the Association of Collaborative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy Integration (ACCPI)?
The model of integrative psychotherapy espoused by our Association is a relational transtheoretical model. The strategic integrative psychotherapy model is a both a strategic, and a relational model that synthesises research from the realms of psychotherapy, neurobiology, and attachment to forge a coherent framework for integration. This model was created by us and endorsed by the European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy in 2012, followed by the publication of the inaugural volume of the strategic integrative psychotherapy manual in 2013.
Extract from ACCPI’s presentation during the accreditation process by the EAIP (European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy) for the status of provisional member in 2013:
Strategic integrative psychotherapy contemplates four aspects of the self, shaped at both non-verbal and verbal levels from early childhood through adulthood: biological, cognitive, emotional, existential, psychodynamic, cultural, and attachment factors. This model amalgamates seminal theories of the self within psychotherapy, drawing upon research concerning the neurobiology of the human brain, including the interplay between the cerebral hemispheres, neuronal plasticity, and neural network information mapping. Strategic integrative psychotherapy incorporates elements from the trans-theoretical approach concerning stages of change in psychotherapy and treatment planning, as well as from the relational approach in integrative psychotherapy, influenced by distinguished works in the field, alongside concepts from CBT, psychodynamic theory and attachment psychology.
Extract from ACCPI’s presentation during the accreditation process by the EAIP for the status of full member in 2015:
The integrative formulation of a psychotherapy case considers a plethora of variables, ranging from biological to transpersonal, generally encompassing medical and biological influences, behavioural patterns, learning models, cognitive, psychodynamic, existential, and spiritual models, alongside cultural, social, and environmental factors, including crises, stress, and life transitions. In 1999, Damasio postulated a theory of the self that introduced the concept of a proto-self and a core self. From our perspective, the integrative case formulation must contemplate four principal domains of the self: the proto- self, the central set contained within the core self, the maintenance mechanisms or internal causality from the plastic self, and the external self. These domains are intersected by psychological axes and domains: biological, cognitive, emotional, psychodynamic, social and familial. Our model of integrative psychotherapy is informed by the seminal works of Siegel, Schore, Damasio, Erskine & Moursund, Norcross & Goldfried, and others.