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  • 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
    10549
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  • 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
    4161
    PDF: 1601
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 347
    HTML: 274
  • 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
    2000
    PDF: 1075
    HTML: 38
  • 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
    255
    PDF: 168
    HTML: 17
  • 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
    9720
    PDF: 3673
    HTML: 1030
  • 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
    3834
    PDF: 885
    HTML: 71
  • 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
    24050
    PDF: 1331
    HTML: 46
  • 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
    6690
    PDF: 1984
    HTML: 227
  • 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
    1216
    PDF: 508
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 100
    HTML: 190
  • Shaping psychotherapy trainees’ potential: insights from training program directors

    Irene Messina, Giovanna Trimoldi
    2024-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.799
    3104
    PDF: 917
    HTML: 60
  • 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
    4007
    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
    2600
    PDF: 836
    HTML: 35
  • "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
    1432
    PDF: 826
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 222
    HTML: 41
  • 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
    9439
    PDF: 2238
    Appendix: 254
    HTML: 103
  • 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
    5268
    PDF: 2596
    HTML: 2789
  • 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
    3713
    PDF: 1082
    HTML: 163
  • 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
    2781
    PDF: 1433
    HTML: 333
  • Client Attitudinal Stance and Therapist-Client Affiliation: A View from Grammar and Social Interaction

    Peter Muntigl, Naomi Knight, Adam O. Horvath, Ashley Watkins
    117-130
    2013-02-17
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2012.119
    2294
    PDF: 1153
  • 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
    1396
    PDF: 739
    HTML: 102
  • The transition to online psychotherapy during the pandemic: a qualitative study on patients’ perspectives

    Cecilia Giordano, Ivan Ambrosiano , Maria Teresa Graffeo, Alessandro Di Caro, Salvatore Gullo
    2022-11-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.638
    6112
    PDF: 2039
    HTML: 61
  • 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
    4607
    PDF: 13646
    HTML: 1482
  • 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
    2302
    PDF: 973
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 244
    HTML: 100
  • 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
    2269
    PDF: 1409
    HTML: 77
  • 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
    2554
    PDF: 1206
    APPENDIX: 328
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: 303
    HTML: 53
  • 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
    3643
    PDF: 1357
    HTML: 19
  • 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
    3720
    PDF: 986
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 266
    HTML: 84
  • 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
    3028
    PDF: 1335
    HTML: 55
  • 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
    3604
    PDF: 1353
    HTML: 69
  • Storied images of psychotherapeutic change: approaching children's voices through drawings

    Claudia Capella, Loreto Rodrìguez, Daniela Aguila, Denise Dussert, Ximena Lama, Carolina Gutierrez, Gretchen Beiza
    2015-12-23
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2015.188
    2681
    PDF: 1923
  • 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
    3372
    PDF: 1747
    HTML: 1198
  • Acceptability of an adventure video game in the treatment of female adolescents with symptoms of depression

    Alvaro E. Carrasco
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.182
    8532
    PDF: 2855
    HTML: 852
  • 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
    2430
    PDF: 917
    HTML: 53
  • 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
    3076
    PDF: 1139
    HTML: 2055
  • 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
  • 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
    3355
    PDF: 1534
    HTML: 611
  • A brief cognitive-behavioral intervention for stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in dental students

    Gabriel Gònzalez, Vanetza E. Quezada
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.192
    3216
    PDF: 1458
    HTML: 1870
  • The relationship among attachment styles, interpersonal needs, and suicidal ideation in patients with psychiatric disorders

    Salvatore Sarubbi, Elena Rogante, Denise Erbuto, Monica Migliorati, Isabella Berardelli, Marco Innamorati, Maurizio Pompili
    2024-12-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.785
    3303
    PDF: 683
    HTML: 26
  • 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
    2639
    PDF: 1186
    HTML: 903
  • 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
    3082
    PDF: 1275
    HTML: 870
  • 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: 1441
    HTML: 473
  • Speaking about therapists Old questions and some answers derived from empirical evidence

    Santo Di Nuovo
    52–75
    2011-12-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2011.22
    1470
    PDF: 1144
  • Metacognitive interpersonal therapy-eating disorders versus cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders for non-underweight adults with eating disorders: study protocol for a pilot pre-registered randomized controlled trial

    Gloria Fioravanti, Martina Nicolis, Angus MacBeth, Giancarlo Dimaggio, Raffaele Popolo
    2023-08-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.690
    4358
    PDF: 1711
    HTML: 60
  • 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
    6287
    PDF: 4107
    HTML: 458
  • 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
    2522
    PDF: 904
    HTML: 90
  • 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
    2703
    PDF: 915
    Appendix: 308
    HTML: 63
  • 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
    2550
    PDF: 870
    HTML: 107
  • 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
    3473
    PDF: 1425
    HTML: 85
  • Epistemic trust: a comprehensive review of empirical insights and implications for developmental psychopathology

    Elizabeth Li, Chloe Campbell, Nick Midgley, Patrick Luyten
    2023-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.704
    11987
    PDF: 3485
    Supplementary Material: 403
    HTML: 317
  • 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
    2654
    PDF: 792
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 242
    HTML: 114
  • Personal style of the therapist and personality dimensions in a sample of Argentinian therapists

    Leandro Martín Casari, Mirta Susana Ison, Beatriz Margarita María Gómez
    2019-07-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.362
    3316
    PDF: 1776
    HTML: 77
  • 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
    4007
    PDF: 1021
    HTML: 28
  • 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
    2842
    PDF: 1278
    HTML: 44
  • 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
    1251
    PDF: 554
    HTML: 88
  • 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
    5477
    PDF: 2660
    HTML: 1618
  • 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
    5651
    PDF: 1469
    HTML: 41
  • 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
    3068
    PDF: 1246
    HTML: 617
  • Attachment orientations and emotion regulation: new insights from the study of interpersonal emotion regulation strategies

    Irene Messina, Vincenzo Calvo, Alessandro Grecucci
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.703
    8078
    PDF: 3132
    HTML: 317
  • 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
    4770
    PDF: 2020
    HTML: 1200
  • Attachment insecurity predicts outcomes in an ACT-CBT group therapy for adults in a physical rehabilitation centre

    Danijela Maras, Louise Balfour, Monique Lefebvre, Giorgio A. Tasca
    2022-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.634
    5039
    PDF: 1147
    Appendix: 262
    HTML: 53
  • 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
    1806
    PDF: 1014
    HTML: 31
  • 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
    1195
    PDF: 650
    HTML: 115
  • Personality characteristics, music-listening, and well-being: a systematic and scoping review

    Chiara Rossi, Osmano Oasi, Barbara Colombo
    2024-03-25
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.742
    4343
    PDF: 1575
    HTML: 369
  • Self-writing as a tool for change: the effectiveness of a psychotherapy using diary

    Elena Faccio, Francesca Turco, Antonio Iudici
    2019-07-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2019.378
    3321
    PDF: 1796
    HTML: 169
  • 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
    1528
    PDF: 605
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 245
    HTML: 132
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