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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
    3877
    PDF: 1487
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 316
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  • 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
    1751
    PDF: 953
    HTML: 24
  • 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
    6439
    PDF: 1851
    HTML: 200
  • 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
    3091
    PDF: 1375
    HTML: 165
  • 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
    2925
    PDF: 1218
    HTML: 854
  • 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
    3419
    PDF: 1260
    HTML: 9
  • The feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a feedback-informed group treatment (FIGT) tool for patients with anxiety or depressive disorders

    Marjolein M. W. Koementas-de Vos, Lucas C. Colleye, Bea Tiemens, Fabiana Engelsbel, Kim de Jong, Cilia L. M. Witteman, M. Annet Nugter
    2022-09-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.647
    3805
    PDF: 847
    HTML: 21
  • Perfectionism and therapeutic alliance: a review of the clinical research

    Racheli Miller, Mark J. Hilsenroth, Paul L. Hewitt
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.264
    3796
    PDF: 1845
    HTML: 1133
  • "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
    1297
    PDF: 694
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 175
    HTML: 27
  • 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
    5908
    PDF: 3307
    HTML: 416
  • 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
    1331
    PDF: 812
    HTML: 85
  • 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
    2596
    PDF: 476
    HTML: 25
  • 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
    5133
    PDF: 2482
    HTML: 2739
  • 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
    2567
    PDF: 1099
    APPENDIX: 414
    HTML: 2115
  • 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
    3127
    PDF: 1392
    HTML: 1866
  • 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
    2260
    PDF: 939
    HTML: 62
  • 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
    3557
    PDF: 1063
    HTML: 47
  • 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
    1418
    PDF: 895
    HTML: 408
  • 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
    2714
    PDF: 959
    HTML: 54
  • Sense of meaning as a predictor of long-term therapy outcome in psychiatric inpatients: results of a one-year follow-up Meaning and long-term therapy outcome

    René Hefti, Daren Sunthareswarar, Thomas Wartenweiler, Harold Koenig, Michael Ackert
    2025-09-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.859
    507
    PDF: 395
    HTML: 16
  • 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
    2888
    PDF: 1056
    HTML: 2041
  • Simple methods for enhancing patient outcome in routine care: Measuring, monitoring, and feedback

    Michael J. Lambert, Gianluca Lo Coco
    93-101
    2014-01-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2013.147
    1699
    PDF: 2224
  • 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
    2879
    PDF: 1368
    HTML: 462
  • 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
    5031
    PDF: 1373
    HTML: 49
  • Identifying predictors associated with the severity of eating concerns in females with eating disorders

    Stefania Cella, Annarosa Cipriano, Mara Iannaccone, Paolo Cotrufo
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.199
    2940
    PDF: 1424
    HTML: 1431
  • Parental criticism, self-criticism and their relation to depressive mood: an exploratory study among a non-clinical population

    Chiara Manfredi, Gabriele Caselli, Federica Pescini, Martina Rossi, Daniela Rebecchi, Giovanni Maria Ruggiero, Sandra Sassaroli
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.178
    5449
    PDF: 2137
    HTML: 2726
  • 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
    3608
    PDF: 976
    HTML: 33
  • 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
    2472
    PDF: 1327
    HTML: 450
  • 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
    4519
    PDF: 1897
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 861
    HTML: 48
  • 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
    9817
    PDF: 1646
    HTML: 102
  • 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
    2221
    PDF: 629
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 100
    HTML: 217
  • Listado de síntomas breve (short checklist of symptoms) in Argentinean adults: psychometric study of its main clinical scales

    Guadalupe de la Iglesia, Juliana Beatriz Stover, Mercedes Fernàndez Liporace, Alejandro Castro Solano
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.179
    2129
    PDF: 1206
    HTML: 670
  • 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
    2486
    PDF: 1243
    HTML: 851
  • Psychological impairment in inflammatory bowel diseases: the key role of coping and defense mechanisms

    Gabriella Martino, Anna Viola, Carmelo Mario Vicario, Federica Bellone, Orlando Silvestro, Giovanni Squadrito, Peter Schwarz, Gianluca Lo Coco, Walter Fries, Antonino Catalano
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.731
    2074
    PDF: 985
    HTML: 34
  • 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
    2687
    PDF: 564
    HTML: 11
  • Impact of personality traits, coping styles, and anger on psychological symptoms of patients with arterial hypertension Psychological factors in arterial hypertension

    Francesca Giordano, Sara Guidotti, Clemente Salerno, Carlo Pruneti, Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo
    2025-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.867
    1453
    PDF: 699
    HTML: 19
  • Coping with shame: the role of self-reflective capacities in perceiving others as empathic

    Georgia J. Bush, Andrew F. Luchner
    2025-03-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.824
    3600
    PDF: 1540
    HTML: 58
  • 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
    1293
    PDF: 492
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 214
    HTML: 113
  • 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
    2369
    PDF: 908
    HTML: 29
  • 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
    6378
    PDF: 1467
    HTML: 131
  • Depression and attachment: how do personality styles and social support influence this relation?

    Paula Dagnino, Carola Pèrez, Adriana Gòmez, Sergio Gloger, Mariane Krause
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.237
    6658
    PDF: 2205
    HTML: 10910
  • 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
    5233
    PDF: 1041
    HTML: 110
  • The psychological impact of COVID-19 on people suffering from dysfunctional eating behaviours: a linguistic analysis of the contents shared in an online community during the lockdown

    Gaia Albano, Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti, Salvatore Gullo, Laura Salerno, Gianluca Lo Coco
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.557
    2871
    PDF: 958
    Appendix: 264
    HTML: 44
  • 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
    2457
    PDF: 774
    HTML: 30
  • 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
    4478
    PDF: 13560
    HTML: 1467
  • Referential activity, dissociation, psychopathology and psychotherapy

    Raffaella Perrella, Nadia Del Villano, Giorgio Caviglia
    2016-11-11
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.243
    2491
    PDF: 1272
    HTML: 543
  • 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
    1059
    PDF: 440
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 74
    HTML: 178
  • 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
    3018
    PDF: 955
    Supplementary Material: 220
    HTML: 46
  • 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
    3756
    PDF: 1276
    HTML: 135
  • 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
    9061
    PDF: 3360
    HTML: 944
  • 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
    1210
    PDF: 655
    HTML: 87
  • 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
    2246
    PDF: 859
    HTML: 40
  • 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
    3581
    PDF: 1009
    HTML: 52
  • The effect of positive psychotherapy in test anxiety among Zahedan students with hemophilia

    Mahbobe Ghavidel Heydari, Mahmoud Shirazi, Gholam Reza Sanagouyemoharer
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.307
    2450
    PDF: 1292
    HTML: 249
  • The interplay of mentalization and epistemic trust: a protective mechanism against emotional dysregulation in adolescent internalizing symptoms

    Laura Parolin, Alberto Milesi, Giovanni Comelli, Francesca Locati
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.707
    4413
    PDF: 1410
    HTML: 114
  • Dreaming during COVID-19: the effects of a world trauma

    Cristina Marogna, Emanuele Montanari, Silvio Contiero, Klodjana Lleshi
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.541
    4876
    PDF: 1230
    HTML: 107
  • 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
    1997
    PDF: 602
    HTML: 33
  • 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
    3071
    PDF: 2216
    APPENDIX: 435
    HTML: 449
  • The forward edge transference within self-psychology and the activation of inborn capacity through interpretation and internalization

    Zelda G. Knight
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.550
    4025
    PDF: 946
    HTML: 109
  • Different epistemic stances for different traumatic experiences: implications for mentalization

    Ilaria Maria Antonietta Benzi, Nicola Carone, Laura Parolin, Gabriel Martin-Gagnon, Karin Ensink, Andrea Fontana
    2023-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.708
    3332
    PDF: 1394
    Supplementary Material: 218
    HTML: 78
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