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  • 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
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  • 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
    5244
    PDF: 1845
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 241
    HTML: 115
  • 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
  • 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
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    HTML: 1196
  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
    1799
    PDF: 857
    HTML: 205
  • Revisiting defense mechanisms in contemporary clinical practice: evidence and perspectives

    Vittorio Lingiardi, Fabio Madeddu
    2025-12-22
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.877
    2620
    PDF: 1383
    HTML: 209
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • The Lausanne Trilogue Play within the outcome evaluation in infant mental health: a preliminary report

    Michela Gatta, Marta Sisti, Laura Sudati, Marina Miscioscia, Alessandra Simonelli
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.198
    3879
    PDF: 1779
    HTML: 1380
  • 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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  • Effect of defense mechanisms on the longitudinal development of interpersonal problems during outpatient therapy

    Jonas Schmitt, Matthias Volz, Cord Benecke
    2025-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.878
    2273
    PDF: 963
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 243
    HTML: 99
  • More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy

    Johannes Pries, Alexander Niecke, Annekatrin Vetter, Ulrich Schultz-Venrath
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.642
    5181
    PDF: 692
    HTML: 28
  • 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
    1985
    PDF: 1071
    HTML: 38
  • 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
  • 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
  • The effectiveness of short-term dynamic/interpersonal group therapy on perfectionism; assessment of anxiety, depression and interpersonal problems

    Shirzad Babaei, Mahmood Dehghani, Fahimeh Fathali Lavasani, Ahmad Ashouri, Leila Mohamadi
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.656
    3459
    PDF: 1416
    HTML: 84
  • Psychodiagnostic Chart-Child (PDC-C): a valid and clinically sensitive diagnostic tool for patient-tailored intervention planning

    Alexandro Fortunato, Annalisa Tanzilli, Vittorio Lingiardi, Anna Maria Speranza
    2022-03-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.591
    5200
    PDF: 1470
    HTML: 58
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
    2993
    PDF: 1438
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  • Advancement in the child attachment interview and the child and adolescent reflective functioning scale using a PDM-2 framework: case reports

    Fabiola Bizzi, Francesca Locati, Laura Parolin, Shmueli Goetz Yael, Emanuela Brusadelli
    2022-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.586
    5643
    PDF: 1458
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  • Examining the factor structure of the 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire among adults with depression: an individual participant data meta-analysis

    Frederik J. Wienicke, William J. Burk, Erkki Heinonen, Olavi Lindfors, Tommi Härkänen, Paul Knekt, Sampo Sarvasmaa, Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza, Karen Jansen, Ricardo Azevedo da Silva, Érico Nobre dos Santos, Jack J. M. Dekker, Jaap Peen, Henricus L. Van, John Christopher Perry, William M. van der Veld, Ednei Soares, Jan Spijker, Ellen Driessen
    2026-02-16
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.887
    2282
    PDF: 859
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 157
    SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 88
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  • 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
  • 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
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  • A psychodynamic contribution to the understanding of anger - The importance of diagnosis before treatment

    Paola Manfredi, Claudia Taglietti
    2022-06-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.587
    6259
    PDF: 4045
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  • 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
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  • The Model of Sequential Brief-Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (SB-APP): Specific Features in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

    Andrea Ferrero
    32-45
    2012-10-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2012.93
    3749
    PDF: 2518
  • Rate of speech and emotional-cognitive regulation in the psychotherapeutic process: a pilot study

    Marco Tonti, Omar C.G. Gelo
    2016-10-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.232
    2632
    PDF: 1183
    HTML: 903
  • 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
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  • Interaction structures in the psychodynamic therapy of a boy diagnosed with Asperger’s disorder: a single-case study

    Vera Regina Rohnelt Ramires, Cibele Carvalho, Fernanda Munhoz Driemeier Schmidt, Guilherme Pacheco Fiorini, Geoff Goodman
    2015-12-23
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2015.195
    2426
    PDF: 2051
  • 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
  • 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
    2581
    PDF: 831
    HTML: 35
  • Diagnosi e valutazione della personalit alleanza terapeutica e scambio clinico nella ricerca in psicoterapia

    Vittorio Lingiardi, Francesco Gazzillo, Antonello Colli, Francesco De Bei, Annalisa Tanzilli, Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Nicola Nardelli, Chiara Caristo, Valeria Condino, Daniela Gentile, Nino Dazzi
    97–124
    2011-02-21
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2010.36
    2994
    PDF: 6247
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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  • 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
    917
    PDF: 457
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  • 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
  • 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
  • The problem of suicidality, personality disorder, and treatment: an alternative psycho-social perspective

    Marco Chiesa
    2024-12-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.779
    2708
    PDF: 536
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  • 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
  • "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
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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  • The Italian version of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire: psychometric properties and validation in students, community, and clinical groups

    Giorgio Falgares, Sandro De Santis, Salvatore Gullo, Danilo Carrozzino, Daniela Marchetti, Maria Cristina Verrocchio, Gianluca Lo Coco, Daniel Kopala-Sibley, Osmano Oasi
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.227
    3173
    PDF: 2300
    APPENDIX: 478
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  • Analytical psychodrama with college students suffering from mental health problems: Preliminary outcomes

    Roberta Biolcati, Francesca Agostini, Giacomo Mancini
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.272
    3059
    PDF: 1243
    HTML: 617
  • 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
  • The associations between interoceptive awareness, emotion regulation, acceptance, and well-being in patients receiving multicomponent treatment: a dynamic panel network model

    Adam Klocek, Tomáš Řiháček
    2023-07-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.659
    3495
    PDF: 1221
    Supplementary Material: 342
    HTML: 176
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Defense mechanisms and inflammatory bowel diseases: a narrative review

    Orlando Silvestro, Carmelo M. Vicario, Ludovico Costa, Giorgio Sparacino, Trine Lund-Jacobsen, Chiara A. M. Spatola, Emanuele M. Merlo, Anna Viola, Concetto M. Giorgianni, Antonino Catalano, Walter Fries, Gianluca Lo Coco, Gabriella Martino
    2025-03-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.854
    3591
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  • Psychotherapy with two late adulthood children of the colonies

    Zelda Gillian Knight
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.287
    1759
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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
  • 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
  • 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
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  • Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Treatment Overview and Empirical Basis

    Allan Abbass, Joel M. Town, Ellen Driessen
    6-15
    2013-08-17
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2013.84
    4320
    PDF: 5994
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
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  • Qualitative research in adolescent psychotherapy: attachment and reflective functioning as psychotherapy’s outcomes of an adolescent with anorexia nervosa

    Ester D'Onofrio, Cecilia Serena Pace, Donatella Cavanna
    2015-12-23
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2015.181
    2778
    PDF: 2094
  • 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
  • Supportive psychotherapy and defense mechanisms: A Comment on the case of Matilde

    Jonathan Petraglia
    43–51
    2011-12-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2011.67
    1522
    PDF: 1070
  • A developmental perspective on adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy. An Italian study with the Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-Set

    Mauro Di Lorenzo, Alfio Maggiolini, Virginia Anna Suigo
    2015-12-23
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2015.183
    2709
    PDF: 2592
  • 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
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