Bridging the gap between research and practice in a clinical and training network: Aigle's program.

The aim of this article is to share our experience at the Aiglé Foundation in fostering research that can conducted by (or in collaboration with) clinicians within a specific type of naturalistic setting-one that not only provides psychological services but also trains psychotherapists. After presenting the structure of Aiglé and the implementation of its scientific-practitioner philosophy, we describe some of the research that has been conducted with our network of clinicians and the benefits of connecting clinical practice and academic work. We then discuss some of the obstacles that we have encountered in conducting such studies, as well as a number of strategies that we adopted in attempting to address these challenges. We end this article by briefly describing the current state of our practice-research network, and by offering some recommendations to facilitate the conduct of research by and for clinicians.