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  • Balancing clinical risk with countertransference management protects alliance

    Joào F. Barreto, Paula Mena Matos
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.279
    2513
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  • An American scientist's iconoclastic response to Psychotherapies for Anxiety and Depression: benefits and costs

    Joseph A. Hirsch
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.275
    1260
    PDF: 977
    HTML: 250
  • Impact of personality disorder comorbidity on cognitive-behavioral therapy outcome for mood and anxiety disorders: results from a university training clinic

    Christopher B. Harte, Raymond C. Hawkins II
    2016-10-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.210
    3408
    PDF: 1377
    HTML: 585
  • Dreaming in quarantine: linguistic analysis of referential process of dreams during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

    Rachele Mariani, Silvia Monaco, Christopher Christian , Michela Di Trani
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.537
    4327
    PDF: 1006
    HTML: 127
  • Transference interpretation and psychotherapy outcome: a systematic review of a no-consensus relationship

    Meltem Yilmaz, Kutlu Kağan Türkarslan, Ludovica Zanini, Dilara Hasdemir, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Vittorio Lingiardi
    2024-05-02
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.744
    5328
    PDF: 1860
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 242
    HTML: 116
  • The relevance of social dreaming for action research: exploring jail workers’ unconscious thinking of the changes in the prison organization

    Lidia Borghi, Claudio Cassardo, Elisa Mingarelli, Elena Vegni
    2021-08-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.542
    7090
    PDF: 1030
    HTML: 124
    Appendix: 386
  • Effectiveness of internet-delivered dialectical behavior therapy skills training on executive functions among college students with borderline personality traits: a non-randomized controlled trial

    CV Vijayapriya, Rameshbabu Tamarana
    2023-10-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.694
    3780
    PDF: 1635
    HTML: 134
  • Suicidality and self-compassion in patients with major depressive disorder: the mediating role of the avoidant attachment type

    Vasiliki Yotsidi, Charis Ntakolia, Ioanna Rannou , Pilios-Dimitris Stavrou, Panagiotis Ferentinos, Athanasios Douzenis, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Efthimia Gavriilidou, Rossetos Gournellis
    2024-12-16
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.826
    3718
    PDF: 986
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 265
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  • Continuity and discontinuity between psychopathology of childhood and adulthood: a review on retrospective and prospective studies

    Immacolata Zarrella, Luigi Alessandro Russolillo, Giorgio Caviglia, Raffaella Perrella
    2017-07-06
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.248
    3603
    PDF: 1595
    HTML: 2086
  • The effect of positive psychotherapy in test anxiety among Zahedan students with hemophilia

    Mahbobe Ghavidel Heydari, Mahmoud Shirazi, Gholam Reza Sanagouyemoharer
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.307
    2533
    PDF: 1346
    HTML: 256
  • When and for whom do psychodynamic therapists use guided imagery? Explicating practitioners’ tacit knowledge

    Jule Bauckhage, Christian Sell
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.577
    3602
    PDF: 1352
    HTML: 69
  • How secure is the secure base? Romantic attachment, emotion regulation, and psychotherapists’ role as secure base figures

    Helena Carvalho, Gil Nata, Paula Mena Matos
    2024-04-22
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.733
    3026
    PDF: 1333
    HTML: 55
  • Perfectionism and therapeutic alliance: a review of the clinical research

    Racheli Miller, Mark J. Hilsenroth, Paul L. Hewitt
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.264
    3953
    PDF: 1932
    HTML: 1140
  • Change and sustained recovery in defense mechanisms and depression in a pilot study of antidepressant medications plus up to 18 months of psychotherapy for recurrent major depression

    John Christopher Perry, Claire J. Starrs, Trent Semeniuk, Elisabeth Banon, Ruta Westreich
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.885
    919
    PDF: 458
    HTML: 42
  • Defense mechanisms and social mentalities in grandiose narcissism: an empirical investigation

    Annalisa Tanzilli, Marianna Liotti, Davide Guarino, Gabriele Lo Buglio, Francesco Dentale, Michele Vecchione, Vittorio Lingiardi
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.882
    1526
    PDF: 604
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 245
    HTML: 132
  • A thematic analysis of therapists' perspectives on therapeutic alliance rupture moments

    Gonca Soygüt, İsmail Volkan Gülüm
    2016-10-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.235
    4604
    PDF: 13643
    HTML: 1482
  • Psychological treatments are as effective as pharmacotherapies in the treatment of adult depression: a summary from Randomized Clinical Trials and neuroscience evidence

    Pim Cuijpers, Claudio Gentili
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.273
    3958
    PDF: 2839
    HTML: 2062
  • Personal therapeutic approach in Gestalt therapists working with clients suffering from medically unexplained psychosomatic symptoms

    Jan Roubal, Roman Hytych, Michal Čevelíček, Tomáš Řiháček
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.535
    9434
    PDF: 2238
    Appendix: 254
    HTML: 103
  • In-session emotional experiencing in brief psychotherapy conducted by trainee psychologists: process, alliance, and the role of therapist persuasiveness

    Andreia Soares, Laura Ladislau, Ana Aleixo, João M. Santos, Daniel Sousa
    2026-04-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.891
    1214
    PDF: 508
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 100
    HTML: 190
  • “Trust me, do not trust anyone”: how epistemic mistrust and credulity are associated with conspiracy mentality

    Felix Brauner, Peter Fonagy, Chloe Campbell, Julia Griem, Timo Storck, Tobias Nolte
    2023-12-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.705
    5608
    PDF: 1834
    HTML: 238
  • Cooperation within the therapeutic relationship improves metacognitive functioning: preliminary findings

    Benedetto Farina, Marianna Liotti, Claudio Imperatori, Lucia Tombolini, Elena Gasperini, Paola Mallozzi, Marianna Russo, Giorgia Simoncini Malucelli, Fabio Monticelli
    2023-11-08
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.712
    2521
    PDF: 904
    HTML: 90
  • Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study

    Ana Bela Couto, Eunice Barbosa, Sara Silva, Tiago Bento, Ana Sofia Teixeira, Joào Salgado, Carla Cunha
    2016-11-07
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.205
    2780
    PDF: 1432
    HTML: 333
  • Evaluating the efficacy of psychodynamic treatment on a single case of autism. A qualitative research

    Marta Vecchiato, Chiara Sacchi, Alessandra Simonelli, Nicola Purgato
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.194
    5267
    PDF: 2596
    HTML: 2789
  • Therapists’ defense use impacts their patients’ defensive functioning: a systematic case study

    Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, Vera Békés, Bernard S. Gorman, Karl Stukenberg, Sherwood Waldron
    2024-08-23
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.797
    3831
    PDF: 884
    HTML: 71
  • Tracking change in group interventions: a further adaptation of the innovative moments coding system for groups

    Giovanna Esposito, Anna Sara Cutolo, Raffaella Passeggia, Silvia Formentin, Miguel Mario Gonçalves
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.648
    2081
    PDF: 662
    HTML: 27
  • Till the ocean do us part: Italian and American therapists representations of stepfamilies in treatment

    Monica Accordini, Scott Browning, Marialuisa Gennari, Kevin McCarthy, Davide Margola
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.271
    1500
    PDF: 966
    HTML: 417
  • A systematic review of patient-therapist synchrony as an indicator of emotion regulation in psychotherapy: an integrated approach Patient-therapist synchrony and emotion regulation

    Federica Ameli, Federico Abbarchi Minucci, Ludovica Zanini, Gioele Calmi, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni
    2025-09-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.866
    1584
    PDF: 1226
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 288
    HTML: 70
  • Repairing alliance ruptures in psychotherapy with adults: a scoping review

    Alberto López-Vásquez, Nicolás González-Araneda, Stephanie Vaccarezza, Catherine F. Eubanks, Paula Errázuriz
    2026-04-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.892
    3216
    PDF: 988
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 183
    HTML: 450
  • Beyond the mask of deference: exploring the relationship between ruptures and transference in a single-case study

    Francesca Locati, Pietro De Carli, Emanuele Tarasconi, Margherita Lang, Laura Parolin
    2016-10-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.212
    2892
    PDF: 1485
    HTML: 2135
  • Further reflections about the document: Psychotherapy for Anxiety and Depression: benefits and costs

    Franco Del Corno
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.283
    1802
    PDF: 857
    HTML: 205
  • Nightmares and bad dreams among individuals with musculoskeletal pain: a link to vitamin D and calcium

    Khalid K. Abdul-Razzak, Mohammad J. Alkhatatbeh
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.533
    11382
    PDF: 1081
    HTML: 96
  • Changes in the anaclitic-introjective personality configurations following psychoanalytic psychotherapy with young adults

    Andrzej Werbart, Siri Aldèn, Anders Diedrichs
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.239
    2693
    PDF: 1159
    APPENDIX: 450
    HTML: 2132
  • Facets of the psychotherapy relationship: a metaphorical approach

    Tomáš Řiháček, Jan Roubal, Katarína Motalová
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.468
    2429
    PDF: 917
    HTML: 53
  • An exploratory study on how attachment classifications manifest in group psychotherapy

    Alessandro Talia, Anna Georg, Björn Siepe, Salvatore Gullo, Madeleine Miller-Bottome, Jana Volkert, Corinne Neukel, Michael Kaess, Felix Bempohl, Sabine C. Herpertz, Svenja Taubner
    2022-11-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.653
    3804
    PDF: 1047
    HTML: 37
  • The assessment of therapist responsiveness in psychotherapy research: a systematic review

    Giovanna Esposito, Francesco Cuomo, Angela Di Maro, Raffaella Passeggia
    2024-06-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.751
    3365
    PDF: 990
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 315
    HTML: 279
  • Facilitative interpersonal skills in benign versus challenging therapy situations in trainee therapists: a pilot study

    Kim de Jong, Johanna Wilkens, Timothy Anderson, Kane Steggles
    2024-08-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.804
    2987
    PDF: 646
    HTML: 224
  • Beyond self-criticism and dependency: structural functioning of depressive patients and its treatment

    Guillermo de la Parra, Paula Dagnino, Camila Valdés, Mariane Krause
    2017-04-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.236
    2997
    PDF: 1440
    HTML: 473
  • The relationship between defense mechanisms and attachment: a narrative review

    Rose Howell, Vera Békés
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.879
    4162
    PDF: 970
    HTML: 151
  • Immersion and distancing across the therapeutic process: relationship to symptoms and emotional arousal

    Eunice Barbosa, Maria Amendoeira, Tiago Ferreira, Ana Sofia Teixeira, José Pinto-Gouveia, Joào Salgado
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.258
    2629
    PDF: 1318
    HTML: 856
  • Identifying predictors associated with the severity of eating concerns in females with eating disorders

    Stefania Cella, Annarosa Cipriano, Mara Iannaccone, Paolo Cotrufo
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.199
    3056
    PDF: 1486
    HTML: 1437
  • Change during psychotherapy: the perspective of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused

    Claudia Capella, Carolina Gutiérrez, Loreto Rodrìguez, Camila Gòmez
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.288
    2595
    PDF: 1582
    HTML: 247
  • Dream processes and affect regulation in psychotherapy: a longitudinal clinical case study

    Dorottya Bíró, Péter Osváth, Mátyás Mészáros
    2026-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.895
    314
    PDF: 262
    HTML: 23
  • Facilitative interpersonal skills are relevant in child therapy too, so why don’t we measure them?

    Jordan Bate, Angelica Tsakas
    2022-05-09
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.595
    3215
    PDF: 1471
    HTML: 64
  • Factors of treatment success in psychotherapy: a within-therapist analysis of early session processes

    Yan Zhu, Mark J. Hilsenroth
    2025-07-22
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.848
    1995
    PDF: 1074
    HTML: 38
  • A proposed conceptualization of therapeutic competence: the three level model

    Christine Koddebusch, Christiane Hermann
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.286
    4005
    PDF: 1932
    HTML: 1133
  • Developing a prototype for relationship therapy psychoanalysis: an empirical study with the Psychotherapy Process Q-set

    Laura Bonalume, Laura Corbelli, Mattia Ferro, Anna Lisa Mazzoleni, Maria Pia Roggero
    2023-03-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.674
    2595
    PDF: 834
    HTML: 35
  • A proposal for a brief-term post-adoption intervention in the attachment-perspective: a single case study with a late-adopted child and his adoptive mother

    Cecilia Serena Pace, Ester D'Onofrio, Viviana Guerriero, Giulio Cesare Zavattini
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.197
    3625
    PDF: 1877
    HTML: 647
  • Does technique matter? A multilevel meta-analysis on the association between psychotherapeutic techniques and outcome

    Christin Janine Grevenhaus, Christoph Flückiger, Lea Theimer, Cord Benecke
    2024-08-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.803
    6577
    PDF: 2256
    HTML: 68
  • Something has sort of opened up for me: psychology students’ reflections after participating in an apprenticeship training model

    Nina Jakhelln Laugen, Torun Grøtte, Truls Ryum, Patrick A. Vogel, Heidi Brattland, Katrine Høyer Holgersen
    2024-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.794
    3229
    PDF: 712
    HTML: 195
  • Research in psychoanalysis across theory and practice: a systematic literature review

    Cristina Marogna, Ciro De Vincenzo, Klodjana Lleshi, Elisa Paluan, Andrea Viecelli Giannotti
    2025-07-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.861
    5789
    PDF: 2337
    HTML: 77
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of inpatients with obesity, binge eating disorder, and traumatic experiences: a randomized controlled trial

    Anna Guerrini Usubini, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Giada Pietrabissa, Caterina Nicolazzi, Annalisa Caretti, Chiara Merlini, Valentina Villa, Alessandro Sartorio, Gianluca Castelnuovo
    2026-02-16
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.886
    2158
    PDF: 1289
    HTML: 203
  • Shaping psychotherapy trainees’ potential: insights from training program directors

    Irene Messina, Giovanna Trimoldi
    2024-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.799
    3103
    PDF: 916
    HTML: 60
  • My story in response to the stories of my patients’ experience of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a relational psychoanalytic approach

    Zelda Gillian Knight
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.490
    1952
    PDF: 829
    HTML: 34
  • Living under lockdown in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: anxious voices from the unplanned shift to online therapy

    Zelda Gillian Knight
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.487
    3717
    PDF: 902
    HTML: 30
  • Psychotherapeutic change in children and adolescents who have been sexually abused: a model from participants’ perspectives

    Claudia Capella, Loreto Rodríguez, Estrella Azócar, Ximena Lama, Lucía Núñez, Daniela Águila, Camila Gomez, Macarena Espeleta, Vania Vasquez
    2022-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.583
    4624
    PDF: 1161
    HTML: 50
  • Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy provided by novice psychotherapists: effects on symptomatology and psychological structure in patients with anxiety disorders

    Diego Rocco, Vincenzo Calvo, Vito Agrosì, Francesca Bergami, Luce Maria Busetto, Silvia Marin, Giovanna Pezzetta, Luca Rossi, Lorenzo Zuccotti, Allan Abbass
    2021-04-02
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.503
    14765
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