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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
    1681
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  • 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
    990
    PDF: 385
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 45
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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
    2870
    PDF: 1163
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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
    860
    PDF: 385
    HTML: 164
  • 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
    1623
    PDF: 550
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 70
    HTML: 194
  • 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
    3989
    PDF: 1966
    HTML: 30
  • 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
    1095
    PDF: 674
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 201
    HTML: 58
  • "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
    1254
    PDF: 618
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 145
    HTML: 23
  • 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
    5578
    PDF: 2022
    HTML: 62
  • 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
    3770
    PDF: 1355
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 284
    HTML: 225
  • 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
    4139
    PDF: 2902
    HTML: 75
  • 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
    699
    PDF: 318
    HTML: 21
  • 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
    1268
    PDF: 413
    HTML: 171
  • 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
    950
    PDF: 385
    HTML: 78
  • 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
    3214
    PDF: 701
    HTML: 60
  • Psychological treatments are as effective as pharmacotherapies in the treatment of adult depression: a summary from Randomized Clinical Trials and neuroscience evidence

    Pim Cuijpers, Claudio Gentili
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.273
    3791
    PDF: 2665
    HTML: 2054
  • Tracking change in group interventions: a further adaptation of the innovative moments coding system for groups

    Giovanna Esposito, Anna Sara Cutolo, Raffaella Passeggia, Silvia Formentin, Miguel Mario Gonçalves
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.648
    1854
    PDF: 530
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  • 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
    2008
    PDF: 499
    HTML: 83
  • 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
    3734
    PDF: 1764
    HTML: 1130
  • 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
    913
    PDF: 466
    HTML: 83
  • 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
    1313
    PDF: 794
    HTML: 10
  • 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
    5523
    PDF: 1730
    HTML: 24
  • The Role of Non-Verbal Interaction in a Short-Term Psychotherapy: Preliminary Analysis and Assessment of Paralinguistic Aspects

    Diego Rocco, Rachele Mariani, Diego Zanelli
    54-64
    2013-11-02
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2013.102
    2183
    PDF: 1531
  • 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
    486
    PDF: 345
    HTML: 11
  • 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
    3359
    PDF: 1187
    HTML: 7
  • 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
    4398
    PDF: 1800
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 829
    HTML: 45
  • 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
    1677
    PDF: 675
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 72
    SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 40
    HTML: 194
  • 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
    1568
    PDF: 945
    HTML: 137
  • 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
    1035
    PDF: 426
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 185
    HTML: 104
  • 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
    2611
    PDF: 498
    HTML: 8
  • The influence of pharmaceutical companies

    Paolo Migone
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.276
    2873
    PDF: 1338
    HTML: 1409
  • Psychological interventions in the Italian national health system: appropriateness and accountability

    Alessandro Ridolfi
    2024-08-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.820
    2164
    PDF: 402
    HTML: 34
  • Development and Characteristics of the Therapeutic Alliance in a Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Descriptive Case Study

    Diego Rocco, Alessandro Gennaro, Francesco De Bei, Diego Zanelli, Valeria Condino
    33-41
    2013-08-17
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2013.152
    1804
    PDF: 932
  • Impact of personality disorder comorbidity on cognitive-behavioral therapy outcome for mood and anxiety disorders: results from a university training clinic

    Christopher B. Harte, Raymond C. Hawkins II
    2016-10-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.210
    3171
    PDF: 1250
    HTML: 571
  • 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
    3126
    PDF: 1180
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 774
    HTML: 20
  • Childhood emotional maltreatment and internalizing problems in a non-clinical sample of adolescents: a moderated-mediation model of insecure anxious attachment style and gender

    Giorgio Falgares, Giulia Costanzo, Giovanna Manna, Dorian A. Lamis
    2024-06-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.745
    3431
    PDF: 1146
    HTML: 51
  • Introduction to the Special Issue: An Analysis of a Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy

    Diego Rocco, Francesco De Bei, Rachele Mariani
    1-5
    2013-11-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2013.88
    991
    PDF: 912
  • Study of a Short-term Treatment by Referential Activity Linguistic Measures

    Rachele Mariani, Alessandra De Coro
    42-53
    2013-11-02
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2013.122
    1382
    PDF: 1302
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