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Observe the practice of psychotherapy in action. PsycTHERAPY is a database containing more than 500 streaming videos of therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families designed for students, academics and seasoned professionals in psychotherapy and counselling.
Reduced pricing from 1 August 2019
Shared savings in excess of £4 million
Option to switch provider annually
One or 3 year commitment
Agreement start date: 1 August 2017
Agreement end date: 31 July 2020
Invoice Date: In years subsequent to the initial invoice Institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement, on 1 May
Single year commitments will renew automatically UNLESS cancellation notice has been given before 1 May.
From 1 May 2020 different rates of VAT apply to some eresources:
Site licence
This Agreement is of 3 years duration. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They will then be committed to the end of the Agreement Period unless they have taken a single year commitment AND provided appropriate cancellation notice.
Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland.
Other organisations aligned with Jisc’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
Continuation of the previous popular agreement for these essential resources.
Owner: American Psychological Association (APA) 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Service Provider: PsycTHERAPY is available through the APA PsycNET and EBSCO platforms.
Designed for students, faculty and seasoned professionals in psychotherapy and counseling, PsycTHERAPY® is the only subscription database of therapy demonstration videos specifically developed to enable viewers to observe how therapists spontaneously employ different approaches and techniques in practice. More than 500 streaming videos provide examples of renowned therapists working with participants on a host of therapy topics, which when combined with powerful search, clip-making, and playlist capabilities makes this a unique resource and educational tool.
Key benefits of PsycTHERAPY
Solution | APA PsycNET |
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IP address range |
Yes |
OpenAthens |
Yes |
Shibboleth |
No* |
EZProxy |
No |
Username / Password |
No |
Others |
No |
*APA is prepared to move to Shibboleth as soon as there is a sufficient number of institutions in the Shibboleth Foundation to support testing
PsycTHERAPY is available through the APA PsycNET and EBSCO platforms. Please refer to the technical responses provided by the Service Providers in the Comparison Table.
Technical Function |
Standard |
Compliance |
Notes |
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Full Text Linking |
Yes |
All providers compliant | |
Federated Searching |
Yes |
All providers compliant | |
Harvesting |
SRW/SRU |
Yes |
All providers compliant |
OAI-PMH |
Yes |
All providers compliant | |
RSS/Atom |
Yes |
All providers compliant | |
Metadata Standards |
Dublin Core |
Yes |
Most providers compliant |
Yes |
Most providers compliant | ||
Yes |
Most providers compliant | ||
Embargo Periods |
N/A |
None |
|
Digital Preservation |
Lockss |
No |
|
Clockss |
Yes |
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Portico |
Yes |
||
Usage Statistics |
Yes |
All providers compliant | |
Yes |
All providers compliant | ||
Accessibility |
Yes |
Most providers compliant APA Accessibility Statement |
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Personalisation features |
See Service Provider Comparison Table for full details | ||
Service Levels |
See Service Provider Comparison Table for full details |
Frequency of data upload:
All additions and new functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge.
30 day free trials are available. To arrange a trial please contact Chest Help.
This will be provided by your chosen service provider.
Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:
APA
The Service Providers supply a variety of materials to support institutions so that they can maximise usage.
APA
APA
Comprehensive help files are included in the online service.
Copying of hardcopy and electronic documentation is permitted.
Making copies of training materials for teaching purposes is permitted.
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This agreement is not based on Standard Chest Agreement terms and conditions. Please make sure you read and accept APA's PsycTHERAPY licence terms.
There is one exception to these terms listed at the bottom of this page.
Pricing comprises two elements, the Data Fee and the Service Provision Fee. They are based on student FTE numbers. FTE Counts are taken from the HESA Statistics Table 2 for 2015/16 (the latest available at the time of contracting) or or FE and Ireland equivalent. Institutions once banded remain in this band for the duration of the agreement irrespective of whether their actual FTE count changes during that time.
HE Institutions can check their HESA Student FTE Number.
PsycTHERAPY is only available through APA PsycNET platform. Please check the spreadsheet for the appropriate fee. Contact Chest Help if you need advice.
The licence year is 1 August to 31 July. All licences terminate on 31 July 2020. Single and three year options are available. Monthly prorata charging applies to licences ordered partway through the licence year.
Please submit an order for the data fee. Chest Help will email you to confirm the final price, including Service provision, owed.
All Purchase orders must be made out to All Purchase orders must be made out to JISC, 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB.
All terms contained in a PO are expressly rejected and do not form part of the Licence or vary the Licence terms in any way.
Institutions will be invoiced by Jisc in either pounds (£ UK) with the amount converted at the time when the invoice is raised or by arrangement in US $.
Payments are due within thirty days of invoice date; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions.
Yes - Allowed No - Not allowed |
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Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes |
Yes or No |
Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material |
Yes or No |
Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories |
Yes or No |
Interlibrary loan |
Yes or No |
User |
On site |
Remote access |
Students |
Yes |
Yes |
Staff |
Yes |
Yes |
Walk-in users |
Yes |
No |
Alumni members |
No |
No |
The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – defined as:
Exclusions:
Subject to any Fee shown on the Website, the Licensee may retain an electronic copy of the Licensed Material in its archives for reference only. Copies of parts of the Licensed Material already made and/or used by the Licensee or Authorised may be retained and used in accordance with the terms of this Licence Agreement.
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It is the intention of Eduserv and <Supplier> to renew this <n> year Agreement. If the Agreement is renewed or extended, then new conditions may apply. If the Agreement is not renewed, then any extension is a matter between institutions and <Supplier>.
Personal licences are not available.
There is one exception to the Licence terms – the applicable law, has been agreed with APA and states the licence is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
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