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Clinical psychology

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Clinical psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology which deals with the following:

  • explanation and understanding of mental disorders (psychopathology)
  • psychological factors that influence somatic diseases (psychosomatics)
  • psychological treatment methods – different kinds of psychotherapy.

Clinical psychology today contains a number of different schools and traditions that involve widely different theories, different kinds of research methods, and different kinds of psychological treatment.

Three important traditions today are the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic, the cognitive/behavioural, and the family therapy traditions, but even within each of these traditions there is a large variety of theories, approaches to research, and psychological treatment methods.

This multitude of theories, approaches, methods, and ways of thinking means that clinical psychology today is in a very exciting and dynamic phase of development, with increased possibilities of new creative combinations of ideas from different origins.

Ongoing projects

Cancer-related pain and associated difficulties

– Using ecological momentary assessment and N-of-1 trial methods to adapt and pilot test an internet-delivered CBT program based on the psychological flexibility model of chronic pain.

Period: 2022–2025
Funders: Cancerfonden
In collaboration with: Regionalt cancercentrum (Syd), Prof. Lance McCracken (Uppsala University)
Contact person and research group members: Professor Sean Perrin sean.perrin@psy.lu.se (PI)), Dr Joana Duarte (Postdoctoral Researcher), and Frida Björkstrand (PhD Candidate; Licensed Psychologist).

POSE - Panic Control Treatment Versus Panic-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Under Randomized and Self-Selection Conditions

Funders: FORTE, Försäkringskassan, LJ Boethius stiftelse, Region Skåne och Region Halland.
Affiliated: Professor Fredrik Falkenström, Linnéuniversitetet.
Group members: Martin Svensson, Thomas Nilsson , Håkan Johansson, Gardar Viborg, Fredrik Falkenström, Sean Perrin och Rolf Sandell (PI).

Head of division

Sean Perrin
Professor

sean [dot] perrin [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se (sean[dot]perrin[at]psy[dot]lu[dot]se)

Researchers

Senior Professor

Affiliates

Last updated: 30 Sep 2025 | webb [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se