Abstract
This article aims to present the historical development of the movement of Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology as well as the integration of this model with the psychotherapeutic performance with the elderly. The concept of evidence-based practice is one of the themes that have been more widely discussed in the international literature of psychology. In these discussions, with few exceptions, it is understood that the relevance of psychotherapeutic practice depends intimately of evidence indicating the results of its interventions. With the elderly population should not be different; however, despite the increasing demand for clinical services by this age group, the psychotherapeutic process with elderly people is still little discussed by psychology professionals, which has produced uncertainty and unreliability in interventions. Thus, the article presents the historical development of the concept of evidence-based practice in psychology, the scientific influences, clinical and professional associations in this development, as well as the integration of this model to clinical practice with the elderly, demonstrating the main existing studies and prospects for obtaining empirical evidence of the psychotherapy outcome for this population.
Clinical Psychology; Aging; Psychotherapy