Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome

Editor-in-Chief: Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe | Scientific Director: Vittorio Lingiardi | eISSN 2239-8031 - pISSN 2499-7552

  • About the Journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Publication Ethics
  • Current issue
  • Archives
  • Special Issues
    • Overview
  • Copyright
  • Register
  • Login
  • Search
  • Contacts
  • News
3.5
Impact Factor 2025
5.7
CiteScore 2025
3.5
Impact Factor 2025
5.7
CiteScore 2025
Submit
an article
  1. Home /
  2. Search

Search

Advanced filters
Published After
Published Before

Search Results

##search.searchResults.foundPlural##
  • The person behind the therapist: a recall study on significant events that contribute to therapists’ personal and professional development

    Hubert de Condé, Emmanuelle Zech, Jochem Willemsen
    2024-08-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.791
    10492
    PDF: 1790
    HTML: 124
  • Perceived professional development of Chinese psychotherapy trainees: a pilot study

    Ying Zhang, Lili Shi, Jing Wei, Armin Hartmann , Rainer Leonhart, Markus Bassler, Kurt Fritzsche
    2022-08-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.580
    3709
    PDF: 1080
    HTML: 163
  • Introducing the QACP: development and preliminary validation of an instrument to measure psychotherapist’s core competencies

    Michele Settanni, Monica Bronzini, Giuseppe Carzedda, Giuseppe Godino, Maria Luisa Manca, Luisa Martini, Gianluca Provvedi, Francesco Quilghini, Alberto Zucconi, Gianni Francesetti
    2022-08-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.599
    3941
    PDF: 1325
    HTML: 203
  • Relational skills and self-awareness outcomes in psychotherapy trainees

    Elitsa Tilkidzhieva, Salvatore Gullo, Jutta Fiegl, Andrea Jesser, Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo
    2026-08-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.898
    239
    PDF: 157
    HTML: 17
  • Professional burnout in therapists working with LGBTQ+ patients: associations with defenses and reflective functioning

    Gianluca Cruciani, Jacopo Tracchegiani, Maria Quintigliano, Selene Mezzalira, Cristiano Scandurra, Nicola Carone
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.880
    1386
    PDF: 736
    HTML: 102
  • 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
    3998
    PDF: 1929
    HTML: 1133
  • Family dynamics. An exploration of parental sensitivity and depressive symptoms among mothers and fathers of toddlers

    Antonia Muzard, Marcia Olhaberry, Nina Immel, Javier Moran-Kneer
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.551
    3725
    PDF: 1075
    HTML: 57
  • The contributions of Sidney J. Blatt: a personal and intellectual biography

    John S. Auerbach
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.222
    3070
    PDF: 1136
    HTML: 2054
  • Developing relational competence in psychotherapy training: a qualitative study of trainees’ perspectives

    Giovanna Trimoldi, Marco Sambin, Pietro Spataro, Giulia Gagliardini, Irene Messina
    2026-04-22
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.890
    1746
    PDF: 602
    HTML: 183
  • Trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy training effectiveness in promoting professional development of psychotherapists working with unaccompanied minors in Greece: a non-blinded randomized control trial

    Vasiliki Yotsidi, Theodora Anastasiou, Konstantinos Doulgeris, Panagiota Theodosiou, Clive Richardson
    2024-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.796
    2240
    PDF: 583
    HTML: 89
  • Shaping psychotherapy trainees’ potential: insights from training program directors

    Irene Messina, Giovanna Trimoldi
    2024-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.799
    3095
    PDF: 912
    HTML: 60
  • Motivations to become psychotherapists: beyond the concept of the wounded healer

    Gianluca Cruciani, Marianna Liotti, Vittorio Lingiardi
    2024-08-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.808
    9666
    PDF: 3644
    HTML: 1027
  • Models of practice and training in psychotherapy: cross-national perspectives from Italy and Canada

    Victoria Klimkowski, Sofia McRae, Alexia Blick, Laurence Beaulieu, J. Reese S. Handley, Anara A. Hopley, Caroline A. Hyde, Devika M. Jain, Sylvia Kolodziejczyk, Josiane Laliberté, Alexa Lévesque, Lara M. Masri, Anya M. Monet, Reagan S. Nediu, Rachel Valihrach, Giorgio Tasca
    2024-03-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.732
    2715
    PDF: 1073
    Supplementary Material: 340
    HTML: 71
  • The contribution of Sidney Blatt's two-polarities model to the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual

    Vittorio Lingiardi, Nancy McWilliams, Laura Muzi
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.242
    4757
    PDF: 2013
    HTML: 1196
  • Assessing therapist and clinician competency in parent-infant psychotherapy: The REARING coding system (RCS) for the group attachment based intervention (GABI)

    Kelsey Armusewicz, Miriam Steele, Howard Steele, Anne Murphy
    2022-03-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.562
    3731
    PDF: 1152
    HTML: 58
  • 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
    3223
    PDF: 710
    HTML: 195
  • Contextualizing motherhood in persons with borderline personality vulnerabilities: cultural adaptation of the Parent Development Interview-Revised in an Indian context

    Kanika Mehrotra, Poornima Bhola, Geetha Desai
    2023-02-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.675
    2675
    PDF: 1018
    HTML: 33
  • Therapist self-awareness and perception of actual performance: the effects of listening to one recorded session

    Raquel Pereira, António Pazo Pires, David Neto
    2024-02-15
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.722
    14074
    PDF: 4549
    Supplementary Material: 395
    HTML: 210
  • Are we on the same page? Examining client-therapist alliance congruence and psychological well-being

    John Robert Rilveria
    2026-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.896
    444
    PDF: 356
    HTML: 27
  • Development and preliminary validation of the Clinician Affective REsponse (CARE) scale

    Alberto Stefana, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Joshua Langfus, Eduard Vieta, Eric Youngstrom
    2024-03-21
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.736
    2539
    PDF: 1204
    APPENDIX: 328
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: 302
    HTML: 53
  • Impairment in personality functioning predicts young adult suicidal ideation and suicide attempt above and beyond depressive symptoms

    Kiran Boone, Kennedy M. Balzen, Carla Sharp
    2024-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.814
    2153
    PDF: 716
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 165
    HTML: 32
  • 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
    2689
    PDF: 1158
    APPENDIX: 450
    HTML: 2130
  • Saving a seat at the table for community members: co-creating an attachment-based intervention for low-income Latinx parent-youth dyads using a promotor/a model

    Jessica L. Borelli, Lyric N. Russo, Jose Arreola, Breana R. Cervantes, Christina M. Marquez, Gloria Montiel, Vanessa Avalos, Jacqueline Carballo, Jackie Garcia, Isha Bhatt, Gina Torres, Francisca Leal, Nancy Guerra
    2022-02-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.598
    4614
    PDF: 1272
    Appendix: 421
    HTML: 57
  • Characteristics of effective online interventions: implications for adolescents with personality disorder during a global pandemic

    Samantha Reis, Emily L. Matthews, Brin F.S. Grenyer
    2021-01-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.488
    24040
    PDF: 1329
    HTML: 46
  • 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
    1209
    PDF: 504
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 98
    HTML: 190
  • Psychotherapy with two late adulthood children of the colonies

    Zelda Gillian Knight
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.287
    1759
    PDF: 923
    HTML: 243
  • What do you expect from psychological care? A qualitative study of depressed patients’ expectations treated in mental healthcare settings Depressed patients' psychological care expectations

    Ana Karina Zúñiga Caiseo, Guillermo De la Parra, Lucía Núñez, Mariane Krause
    2025-03-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.839
    3625
    PDF: 1354
    HTML: 19
  • 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
    3799
    PDF: 1044
    HTML: 37
  • Effectiveness of Jungian psychotherapy in supervised training settings

    Christian Roesler, Elisabeth Schörry-Volk, Anette Müller, Edem Dotse Zikpi, Wolfram Keller, Miray Kayacan
    2025-08-25
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.869
    5977
    PDF: 3819
    HTML: 105
  • 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
    7084
    PDF: 1029
    HTML: 124
    Appendix: 386
  • Beyond the outcomes: generic change indicators in a video-feedback intervention with a depressed mother and her baby: a single case study

    Catalina Sieverson, Marcia Olhaberry, Javiera Duarte, Javier Morán-Kneer, Stefanella Costa, M. José León, Sofía Valenzuela, Fanny Leyton, Carolina Honorato, Antonia Muzard
    2022-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.584
    4425
    PDF: 1010
    HTML: 42
  • 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
    2992
    PDF: 1323
    HTML: 55
  • New horizons in group psychotherapy research and practice from third wave positive psychology: a practice-friendly review

    Cheri L. Marmarosh, Steven Sandage, Nathaniel Wade, Laura E. Captari, Sarah Crabtree
    2022-11-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.643
    14788
    PDF: 3803
    HTML: 117
  • Navigating the complexity of the therapeutic and clinical use of photography in psychosocial settings: a review of the literature

    Emanuela Saita, Martina Tramontano
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.293
    5462
    PDF: 2657
    HTML: 1617
  • Self-assessment of patterns of subjective experience: development and psychometric study of the States of Mind Questionnaire

    Bruno Faustino, António Branco Vasco, Giancarlo Dimaggio, Ana Nunes da Silva; Sophie Seromenho
    2021-01-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.465
    2506
    PDF: 968
    HTML: 33
  • Therapeutic alliance in the initial phase of psychotherapy with adolescents: different perspectives and their association with therapeutic outcomes

    Olga María Fernandez, Mariane Krause, Janet Carola Pérez
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.180
    5159
    PDF: 4254
    HTML: 2882
  • 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
    5262
    PDF: 2595
    HTML: 2787
  • Assessing children’s defense mechanisms with the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort for Children

    Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Tracy A. Prout, Lauren Ammar, Thomas Kui, Ciro Conversano
    2021-12-21
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.590
    4664
    PDF: 1723
    HTML: 903
  • The therapeutic relationship and change processes in child psychotherapy: a qualitative, longitudinal study of the views of children, parents and therapists

    Lucia Nuñez, Sofía Fernández, Nicolle Alamo, Nick Midgley, Claudia Capella, Mariane Krause
    2022-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.556
    8728
    PDF: 2979
    HTML: 130
  • Reliability and factorial validity of long and brief versions of the inventory of personality organization in a Latvian sample

    Aija de Starceva-Apele, Malgozata Rascevska
    2022-06-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.606
    3147
    PDF: 1569
    HTML: 173
  • 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
    4596
    PDF: 13638
    HTML: 1482
  • 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
    1498
    PDF: 964
    HTML: 416
  • From turn-by-turn to larger chunks of talk: An exploratory study in psychotherapeutic micro-processes using conversation analysis

    Michael B. Buchholz, Horst Kächele
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.257
    2560
    PDF: 1397
    HTML: 454
  • Preliminary findings from a brief psychodynamic counseling program for university staff: users’ psychological characteristics and implications for the program’s utility

    Alessia Renzi, Eleonora Piacentini, Vittorio Lingiardi
    2026-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.897
    325
    PDF: 190
    HTML: 19
  • Sandor Ferenczi’s concept of the dialogue of unconsciouses: a clinical example

    Zelda G. Knight
    2023-05-02
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.655
    2543
    PDF: 866
    HTML: 106
  • Group dynamic-relational therapy for perfectionism

    Samuel F. Mikail, Paul L. Hewitt, Gordon L. Flett, Sabrina Ge
    2022-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.635
    4642
    PDF: 1331
    HTML: 113
  • Psychological interventions in the Italian national health system: appropriateness and accountability

    Alessandro Ridolfi
    2024-08-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.820
    2372
    PDF: 527
    HTML: 42
  • Assessing personality change with Blatt's anaclitic and introjective configurations and Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure profiles: two case studies in psychodynamic treatment

    Osmano Oasi, Laura Buonarrivo, Alberto Codazzi, Margherita Passalacqua, Gio Matteo Risso Ricci, Francesca Straccamore, Roberto Bezzi
    2017-04-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.231
    3076
    PDF: 1273
    HTML: 868
  • 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
    5756
    PDF: 2330
    HTML: 77
  • 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
    3199
    PDF: 1467
    HTML: 64
  • 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
    299
    PDF: 256
    HTML: 22
  • Alexithymia and emotional processing: a longitudinal mixed methods research

    Ana Nunes da Silva, Antònio Branco Vasco, Jeanne C. Watson
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.292
    3361
    PDF: 1743
    HTML: 1195
  • A systematic review on the role of therapist characteristics in the treatment of eating disorders

    Gaia Albano, Arianna Teti, Arianna Scrò, Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti, Lucia Fortunato, Gianluca Lo Coco
    2024-07-10
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.750
    4135
    PDF: 1593
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 346
    HTML: 273
  • Adolescents’ experiences of psychotherapy following child sexual abuse

    Rosaleen McElvaney, Andrina Monaghan, Christina Treacy, Naoise Delaney
    2023-07-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.630
    2949
    PDF: 1269
    HTML: 112
  • Clinical applications of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale-Self-Report-30: a systematic review of the first five years

    Gabriella Martino, Orlando Silvestro, Emanuele M. Merlo, Carmelo M. Vicario, Alessandro Meduri, Gianluca Lo Coco
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.881
    2625
    PDF: 780
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 240
    HTML: 109
  • Transference-focused psychotherapy in an inpatient setting for borderline personality disorders: changes in symptomatology

    Torvi Abel, Moritz Happel, Franca Daerr, Carsten Spitzer, Cord Benecke, Birger Dulz
    2025-01-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.810
    6076
    PDF: 1948
    HTML: 33
  • Trans in treatment: a mixed-method systematic review on the psychotherapeutic experiences of transgender and gender diverse people Transgender people’s experiences of psychotherapy

    Selene Mezzalira, Nicola Carone, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Sofia Villani, Gianluca Cruciani, Maria Quintigliano, Cristiano Scandurra
    2025-02-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.834
    4845
    PDF: 2058
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 906
    HTML: 69
  • How do personal and professional characteristics influence the development of psychotherapists in training: Results from a longitudinal study

    Oliver Evers, Paul Schröder-Pfeifer, Heidi Möller, Svenja Taubner
    2019-12-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.424
    2735
    PDF: 1759
    HTML: 103
  • 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
    9422
    PDF: 2228
    Appendix: 253
    HTML: 103
  • Reflective functioning and personal recovery process of users with borderline personality disorder on Instagram: an explorative study using computerized and thematic analysis

    Giovanna Esposito, Viviana Perla, Raffaella Passeggia, Erik Fertuck, Erhard Mergenthaler
    2021-01-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.463
    2852
    PDF: 1029
    HTML: 61
  • Are there gender and age differences in the effect of coping strategies on suicidal ideation among adolescents? The mediating role of emotional intelligence

    Anyerson Stiths Gómez-Tabares, Jorge Emiro Restrepo
    2025-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.843
    1802
    PDF: 1006
    HTML: 31
  • 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
    2422
    PDF: 915
    HTML: 52
  • Online Supportive Group as social intervention to face COVID lockdown. A qualitative study on psychotherapists, psychology trainees and students, and community people

    Emanuela Brusadelli, Laura Ferrari, Michele Benetti, Stefania Bruzzese, Giada Maria Tonelli, Salvatore Gullo
    2021-01-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.501
    2839
    PDF: 1274
    HTML: 44
  • 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
    3817
    PDF: 881
    HTML: 71
  • Personal Projects Analysis as an idiographic approach in psychotherapy: an exploratory study

    Margarida Pedroso de Lima, Isabel Albuquerque, Paulo Jorge Martins, António-José Gonzalez
    2023-05-08
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.668
    2174
    PDF: 675
    HTML: 39
  • The relationship between epistemic stance, mentalizing, paranoid distress and conspiracy mentality: an empirical investigation

    Sophie Hauschild, Lea A. Kasper, Anna Berning, Svenja Taubner
    2023-12-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.706
    2554
    PDF: 999
    HTML: 97
  • Subjective experience of diagnosis and treatment in two adolescents with first-episode schizophrenia

    Marianella Abarzua, Francisco Venegas, Ximena Hidalgo
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.189
    3352
    PDF: 1532
    HTML: 611
  • The real relationship: the Portuguese version of the Real Relationship Inventory-Client form

    Pedro Rodrigues Ribeiro, David Dias Neto
    2023-07-05
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.678
    2765
    PDF: 1195
    HTML: 122
  • Crying in psychotherapy: an exploratory mixed-methods study on forms of emotional crying and associated therapeutic interventions

    Fabienne Gutjahr, Cord Benecke
    2024-04-17
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.725
    2260
    PDF: 1399
    HTML: 77
  • Monitoring the effects of therapeutic interventions in depression through self-assessments

    Ines Moragrega, René Bridler, Christine Mohr, Michela Possenti, Deborah Rochat, Judit Sanchez Parramon, Hans H. Stassen
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.548
    2538
    PDF: 829
    HTML: 50
  • 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
    2503
    PDF: 1649
    HTML: 489
  • 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
    3586
    PDF: 1347
    HTML: 69
  • Patient personality and therapist responses in the psychotherapy of adolescents with depressive disorders: toward the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual - third edition

    Annalisa Tanzilli, Flavia Fiorentino, Marianna Liotti, Gabriele Lo Buglio, Ivan Gualco, Vittorio Lingiardi, Carla Sharp, Riccardo Williams
    2024-03-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.752
    2443
    PDF: 1033
    HTML: 78
  • Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being

    Alice Fiorini Bincoletto, Ludovica Zanini, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Vittorio Lingiardi
    2023-07-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.676
    3481
    PDF: 1230
    HTML: 107
  • Virtue, well-being, and mentalized affectivity

    Elliot Jurist, David Greenberg, Marissa Pizziferro, Rozita Alaluf, Michael Perez Sosa
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.710
    2739
    PDF: 1116
    Supplementary Material: 328
    HTML: 97
  • District Functional Unit for Adolescents 2022: a pilot project in Italy to detect mental health strengths and difficulties among youth

    Renan Göksal, Silvia Salcuni, Giulia Marino, Matteo Paduanello, Guido De Renoche
    2025-02-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.831
    3359
    PDF: 1322
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 840
    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
    3336
    PDF: 983
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 311
    HTML: 278
  • 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
    3152
    PDF: 962
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 178
    HTML: 434
  • Exploration of psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Core Young Person’s Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE)

    Rosalba Di Biase; Chris Evans, Daniela Rebecchi, Flavia Baccari, Anna Saltini, Elena Bravi, Gaspare Palmieri, Fabrizio Starace
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.554
    4202
    PDF: 1050
    HTML: 130
  • 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
    2590
    PDF: 1580
    HTML: 247
  • Holding the treatment frame: borderline features, personality functioning, and psychotherapy dropout in a youth mental health service

    Francesca De Salve, Chiara Rossi, Osmano Oasi, Lara Malvini, Maria Meliante, Mauro Percudani, Irene Messina
    2026-04-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.893
    1345
    PDF: 521
    HTML: 179
  • Differentiating self-disclosure interventions from self-involving interventions based on the assessment of the short-term therapeutic effects: preliminary results

    Fabio Monticelli, Chiara Massullo, Antonino Carcione, Lucia Tombolini, Flaminia Guerra, Marianna Liotti, Cecilia Monticelli, Elena Gasperini, Marianna Russo, Samanta Novaretto, Letizia La Vista, Paola Mallozzi, Claudio Imperatori, Chiara Del Brutto, Benedetto Farina
    2025-02-10
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.800
    4542
    PDF: 2114
    HTML: 48
  • 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
    2624
    PDF: 1316
    HTML: 856
  • Patient experiences in receiving virtual psychotherapy: a qualitative study

    Giorgio A. Tasca, Andie Storozuk, Victoria Klimkowski, Emily O’Connor, Stephanie Baker, Danielle Baldwin, Stephanie A. Houle, Camille Garceau, John Sylvestre
    2026-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.888
    2054
    PDF: 746
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 141
    HTML: 191
  • Antisocial personality disorder in group therapy, kindling pro-sociality and mentalizing

    Katharina T.E. Morken, Morten Øvrebø, Charlotte Klippenberg, Therese Morvik, Elisabeth Lied Gikling
    2022-11-07
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.649
    6675
    PDF: 1977
    HTML: 227
  • Therapeutic interventions in intimate partner violence: an overview

    Valeria Condino, Annalisa Tanzilli, Anna Maria Speranza, Vittorio Lingiardi
    2016-11-07
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.241
    24001
    PDF: 7034
    HTML: 60631
  • Patient personality characteristics and therapeutic integration: treating borderline personality and emotionally dysregulated-dysphoric personality features

    Saryn R. Levy, Mark J. Hilsenroth, Francine Conway, Jesse Owen
    2022-06-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.611
    3256
    PDF: 1595
    HTML: 175
  • 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
    3758
    PDF: 1631
    HTML: 134
  • "Maybe you don’t know what answers I want": unresolved alliance ruptures preceding dropout in short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

    Manuela Jose Difronzo, Lisa Thackeray, Sally O'Keeffe, Ana Calderon, Nick Midgley
    2025-03-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.841
    1426
    PDF: 823
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 221
    HTML: 41
  • Applying the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort to assess patients’ level of overall defensive functioning in interview data: validity and reliability

    Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, John Porcerelli, Alissa Huth-Bocks, Katie Aafjes-van Doorn
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.884
    1244
    PDF: 551
    HTML: 88
  • ‘Isolated together’: online group treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. A systematic review

    Giorgia Margherita, Benedetta Muzii, Alessia Caffieri, Adriana Di Francia, Brenda Somma
    2022-11-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.639
    3976
    PDF: 1058
    HTML: 73
  • Psychotherapies for Anxiety and Depression: benefits and costs

    Research Group for treatment for Anxiety and Depression
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.284
    3252
    PDF: 1960
    HTML: 311
  • It takes two to tango: a qualitative meta-synthesis on processes of psychotherapy dropout from the Single Case Archive

    Liza Notaerts, Melissa De Smet, Martin Finn, Kimberly Van Nieuwenhove, Vicky Hennissen, Reitske Meganck
    2025-12-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.876
    1641
    PDF: 945
    HTML: 103
  • What is therapeutic? Analysis of the narratives available on the websites of Italian addiction rehab centres to present the therapeutic programme

    Elena Faccio, Ludovica Aquili, Michele Rocelli
    2022-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.613
    4003
    PDF: 1020
    HTML: 28
  • Chronic suicidal ideations: a risk or a protection

    Elsa Ronningstam, Mark Schechter, Benjamin Herbstman, Mark Goldbalatt
    2024-06-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.764
    6966
    PDF: 1715
    HTML: 185
  • The extended unconscious group field and metabolization of pandemic experience: dreaming together to keep cohesion alive

    Cristina Marogna, Chiara Masaro, Vincenzo Calvo, Simona Ghedin, Floriana Caccamo
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.646
    1776
    PDF: 876
    HTML: 61
  • 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
    2517
    PDF: 902
    HTML: 90
  • The relationship between overall defensive functioning and the Personality Assessment Inventory borderline and treatment outcome scales

    Laura A. Richardson, John H. Porcerelli, Michelle Stein, Brynn DeLorenzo, Christina Massey, Emma Lindquist, Sarah McNamee, Mark Blais
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.883
    1188
    PDF: 635
    HTML: 109
  • 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
    2979
    PDF: 641
    HTML: 223
  • Defense mechanisms are associated with mental health symptoms across six countries

    Vera Békés, Claire J. Starrs, J. Christopher Perry, Tracy A. Prout, Ciro Conversano, Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.729
    4376
    PDF: 1503
    Supplementary Material: 270
    HTML: 648
1 - 100 of 105 items 1 2 > >> 

authors

FOR AUTHORS
  • SUBMIT YOUR PAPER
  • Guide for Authors
  • Benefits for Authors
  • How to write a scientific paper
  • How to write a Review article
  • Article Processing Charge
  • Index of Authors

reviewers

FOR REVIEWERS
  • Benefits for Reviewers
  • How to review

indexing

INDEXING
  • PubMed Central
  • PubMed
  • Scopus
  • Web of Science
  • DOAJ
  • OpenAlex
  • APA PsycInfo
  • ESCI
  • Analytics

Keywords

  • Therapeutic interventions in intimate partner violence: an overview
    427
  • Effectiveness of Jungian psychotherapy in supervised training settings
    312
  • Repairing alliance ruptures in psychotherapy with adults: a scoping review
    293
  • A psychodynamic contribution to the understanding of anger - The importance of diagnosis before treatment
    235
  • A systematic review of patient-therapist synchrony as an indicator of emotion regulation in psychotherapy: an integrated approach: Patient-therapist synchrony and emotion regulation
    235
Vol. 29 No. 1 (2026)
Developing relational competence in psychotherapy training: a qualitative study of trainees’ perspectives
Giovanna Trimoldi et al.
22 April 2026
Vol. 29 No. 1 (2026)
Patient experiences in receiving virtual psychotherapy: a qualitative study
Giorgio A. Tasca et al.
4 March 2026
Vol. 29 No. 1 (2026)
Examining the factor structure of the 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire among adults with depression: an individual participant data meta-analysis
Frederik J. Wienicke et al.
16 February 2026
Vol. 29 No. 1 (2026)
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of inpatients with obesity, binge eating...
Anna Guerrini Usubini et al.
16 February 2026
Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome

is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal published by PAGEPress®, Pavia, Italy. All credits and honors to PKP for their OJS.

pISSN: 2499-7552
eISSN: 2239-8031

Our App Is Free For Anyone!

Themes by Openjournaltheme.com

© PAGEPress 2008-2026    •    PAGEPress® is a registered trademark property of PAGEPress srl, Italy    •    VAT: IT02125780185
This journal is published by PAGEPress® srl (Pavia, Italy), which is the data controller for all personal data processed through this platform. For full details on how your data is collected, used and protected, please read our Privacy Policy.