Table 5.

Barriers and facilitators for implementing EBP.

Level	Barriers		Facilitators
External level	Organizational factors	Lack of time Lack of access	Organizational factors	Enough time Cost-free and easy access to studies Support from the team or organization
			External input	Conferences Training/education Talks, videos Books, journals Newsletters
			Exchange with others	Communication with colleagues Intervision Supervision
			Packaging of evidence	Lay language summaries Practical-oriented (e.g., using a case study format)
			Necessary for work	Evidence relevant for job as a psychotherapist (challenges in practice) Evidence relevant for additional job as lecturer, trainer, researcher, editor
Individual Level	Negative attitude	No need/interest in study results Distrust toward studies Study results not generalizable to individual patients	Positive attitude	Research interest Desire to provide state-of-the art psychotherapy Perceiving research as important for work as a psychotherapist Positive experience using evidence
	Lack of knowledge/skills	Studies lack intelligibility Lack of competence/routine	Knowledge/skills	Routine/experience Knowing where to find and how to interpret evidence

Abbreviations: EBP = evidence-based practice.