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  • 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
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  • Validation of the client satisfaction questionnaire: a pilot psychometric analysis in Portuguese routine practice

    Sara Silva, Isabel Basto, João Salgado, Carla Cunha
    2023-07-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.687
    3712
    PDF: 1431
    HTML: 110
  • Ruptures and repairs of group therapy alliance. An untold story in psychotherapy research

    Gianluca Lo Coco, Giorgio A. Tasca, Paul L. Hewitt, Samuel F. Mikail, Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr.
    2019-04-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.352
    7480
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    HTML: 1277
  • 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
  • Effectiveness is the gold standard of clinical research

    Francesco Gazzillo, Adriano Schimmenti, Ivan Formica, Alessandra Simonelli, Sergio Salvatore
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.278
    2736
    PDF: 1486
    HTML: 649
  • Process and outcome in university counseling: the role of epistemic trust and working alliance

    Costanza Franchini, Alexandro Fortunato, Alice Fiorini Bincoletto, Gaetano Maria Sciabica, Mara Morelli, Antonio Chirumbolo, Silvia Andreassi, Anna Maria Speranza
    2026-08-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.899
    211
    PDF: 170
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  • 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
    6548
    PDF: 2248
    HTML: 68
  • Exploring the impacts of COVID-19 related social distancing on loneliness, psychological needs and symptomatology

    Bruno Faustino, António Branco Vasco, João Delgado, António Farinha-Fernandes, José Carlos Guerreiro
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.492
    4321
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  • 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
    1516
    PDF: 603
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 244
    HTML: 131
  • Coping strategies and mental health: A web-based survey among the Italian population dealing with COVID-19

    Chiara Rossi, Francesca De Salve, Martina Agliati, Osmano Oasi
    2022-07-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.609
    3905
    PDF: 1447
    HTML: 192
  • Analysis of a dream series by the Dream Coding System developed by Ulrich Moser

    Gabriela Pap, Fritz Lackinger, Gerhard Kamp, Henriette Löffler-Stastka
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.538
    5375
    PDF: 1111
    HTML: 117
  • 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
  • Detecting alliance ruptures: the effects of the therapist’s experience, attachment, empathy and countertransference management skills

    Corinne Talbot, Rose Ostiguy-Pion, Esther Painchaud, Claudelle Lafrance, Jean Descôteaux
    2019-04-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.325
    5046
    PDF: 2824
    HTML: 254
  • Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults

    Massimiliano Sommantico, Ilaria Iorio, Marina Lacatena, Santa Parrello
    2021-08-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.536
    5647
    PDF: 790
    HTML: 96
  • 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
    1564
    PDF: 1207
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 287
    HTML: 70
  • 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
  • By "Mike" Michael L. Baird, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11219680

    Using exercise to protect physical and mental health in youth at risk for psychosis

    Joseph Firth, Felipe Schuch, Vijay A. Mittal
    2020-05-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.433
    5318
    PDF: 1736
    HTML: 69
  • 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
  • Attachment styles, mental health, and trauma during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in an Italian adult population

    Elena Ierardi, Marta Bottini, Emanuele Preti, Rossella Di Pierro, Fabio Madeddu, Cristina Riva Crugnola
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.689
    1656
    PDF: 715
    HTML: 54
  • Esoteric power, useless, useful: considerations about dreams in cognitive-behavioural therapy

    Antonino Carcione, Marta Santonastaso, Francesca Sferruzza, Ilaria Riccardi
    2021-08-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.543
    3948
    PDF: 1335
    HTML: 140
  • 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
  • Italia Ti Ascolto [Italy, I am listening]: an app-based group psychological intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Laura Antonia Lucia Parolin, Ilaria Maria Antonietta Benzi, Erika Fanti, Alberto Milesi, Pietro Cipresso, Emanuele Preti
    2021-03-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.517
    10794
    PDF: 1152
    HTML: 51
  • Metacognitive interpersonal therapy in group: a feasibility study

    Raffaele Popolo, Angus MacBeth, Stefano Brunello, Flaviano Canfora, Ercan Ozdemir, Daniela Rebecchi, Cecilia Toselli, Gloria Venturelli, Giampaolo Salvatore, Giancarlo Dimaggio
    2018-12-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.338
    3719
    PDF: 1655
    HTML: 87
  • Dreaming during lockdown: a quali-quantitative analysis of the Italian population dreams during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave

    Lidia Borghi, Federica Bonazza, Giulia Lamiani, Alessandro Musetti, Tommaso Manari, Maria Filosa, Maria C. Quattropani, Vittorio Lenzo, Maria Francesca Freda, Daniela Lemmo, Emanuela Saita, Roberto Cattivelli, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Elena Vegni, Christian Franceschini
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.547
    4583
    PDF: 1110
    HTML: 112
  • The role of oxytocin as an indicator of outcome and therapeutic alliance

    Chiara Durante, Giulia Di Vincenzo, Alessandra Minutoli, Giampaolo Nicolais, Valeria Carola
    2025-06-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.842
    1519
    PDF: 919
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  • Defense mechanisms in adolescents at high risk of developing psychosis: An empirical investigation

    Tommaso Boldrini, Gabriele Lo Buglio, Guido Giovanardi, Vittorio Lingiardi, Silvia Salcuni
    2020-05-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.456
    4885
    PDF: 1520
    HTML: 158
  • 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
  • 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
  • DreamSenseMemory - a Gestalt-based dream-work approach embracing all our senses

    Brigitte Holzinger, Franziska Nierwetberg; Larissa Cosentino; Lucille Mayer
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.529
    10549
    PDF: 2302
    HTML: 186
  • The role of suicidal motivations in adolescence: implications for the psychotherapeutic treatment of suicidal risk

    Maria Pia Casini, Marta Moselli, Alice Wisniewski, Riccardo Williams
    2024-12-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.833
    2844
    PDF: 622
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  • 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
  • Developing an assessment of epistemic trust: a research protocol

    Paul Schröder-Pfeifer, Alessandro Talia, Jana Volkert, Svenja Taubner
    2018-12-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.330
    4676
    PDF: 2138
    HTML: 2103
  • 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
  • Dysfunctional personality traits: relationship with Five Factor Model, adaptation and symptomatology in a community sample from Buenos Aires

    Juliana Beatriz Stover, Alejandro Castro Solano, Mercedes Fernández Liporace
    2019-07-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.343
    2259
    PDF: 1266
    HTML: 496
  • 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
  • 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
  • Italian validation of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-10 (CORE-10): a short measure for routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice

    Antonino La Tona, Sofia Tagini, Agostino Brugnera, Barbara Poletti, Edoardo Nicolò Aiello, Gianluca Lo Coco, Lidia Del Piccolo, Angelo Compare
    2023-04-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.671
    3172
    PDF: 1026
    Supplementary Material: 242
    HTML: 55
  • The perception of the illness and the self-efficacy in the management of emotions in cardiac patients

    Cristina Marogna, Sofia Elena Russo, Floriana Caccamo, Alessandro Pinton, Vito Sava, Roberto Carlon
    2018-10-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.310
    1741
    PDF: 1094
    HTML: 115
  • 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
  • Psychological and physiological effects of emotion focused training for self-compassion and self-protection

    Júlia Halamová, Jana Koróniová, Martin Kanovský, Mária Kénesy Túniyová, Nuriye Kupeli
    2019-07-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.358
    3692
    PDF: 1920
    APPENDIX: 481
    HTML: 137
  • The association of interpersonal distress with negative mental health outcomes in people with a diagnosed anxiety disorder: a meta-analytic review

    Malenka Areas, Cristoph Flückiger, Juan Martín Gómez Penedo
    2026-07-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.894
    402
    PDF: 282
    HTML: 27
  • 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
  • Italian adaptation of the Group Questionnaire: validity and factorial structure

    Francesca Giannone, Cinzia Guarnaccia, Salvatore Gullo, Maria Di Blasi, Cecilia Giordano, Gianluca Lo Coco, Gary Burlingame
    2020-09-07
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.443
    2061
    PDF: 1149
    HTML: 124
  • Validation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale

    Sara Salzano, Isa Zappullo, Vincenzo Paolo Senese, Massimiliano Conson, Carmela Finelli, Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver
    2023-02-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.617
    2699
    PDF: 913
    Appendix: 308
    HTML: 62
  • How anxious did you feel during lockdown? The roles resilience, living environment, and gender play on the level of anxiety state during pandemic isolation

    Violeta Stefania Rotărescu, Diana Bianca Matei, Ioana Alexandra Mircea, Andreea Maria Mirescu, Bogdan George Nedelescu, Daniela Georgiana Nedelea, Alexandra Nicoleta Raluca Neagu, Alexandru George Necșulescu, Gabriel Angelo Oteșanu, Lucian Constantin Tudor
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.496
    5805
    PDF: 1537
    HTML: 41
  • An integrated approach to child psychotherapy with co-parental support: a longitudinal outcome study

    Marina Miscioscia, Alessandra Simonelli, Lorenza Svanellini, Marta Sisti, Laura Sudati, Maria Elena Brianda, Pier Antonio Battistella, Michela Gatta
    2018-08-08
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.297
    2181
    PDF: 1602
    HTML: 115
  • 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
  • Introduction to the issue in honor of Sidney Blatt

    Osmano Oasi, John Auerbach
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.268
    1656
    PDF: 843
    HTML: 258
  • Dropout and narcissism: an exploratory research about situational factors and personality variables of the psychotherapist

    Osmano Oasi, Simone Maggio, Sara Pacella, Sara Molgora
    2019-07-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.369
    2543
    PDF: 1768
    HTML: 148
  • 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
  • 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
  • Problematic internet use in emerging adulthood to escape from maternal helicopter parenting: defensive functioning as a mediating mechanism

    Nicola Carone, Ilaria Maria Antonietta Benzi, Laura Muzi, Laura Antonia Lucia Parolin, Andrea Fontana
    2023-11-08
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.693
    3313
    PDF: 1874
    HTML: 112
  • 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
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