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  • Enhancing parental reflective functioning through early dyadic interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of dyadic interventions targeting parents of infant and toddlers, in improving parental reflective functioning and a number of secondary outcomes. Authors: Barlow, J., Midgley, N., & Sleed, M. (2020).

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  • When adolescents stop psychological therapy: rupture-repair in the therapeutic alliance and association with therapy ending

    This study investigated whether markers of rupture–repair in the alliance were indicative of different types of treatment ending in adolescents receiving psychological treatment for depression. Authors: O'Keefe, S., Martin, P., & Midgley, N. (2020).

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  • The therapeutic relationship in child psychotherapy: integrating the perspectives of children, parents and therapists

    This study addresses the therapeutic relationship in child psychotherapy, through an exploration of the experience of the main actors engaged in child psychotherapy. Authors: Núñez, L., Midgley, N., Capella, C., Alamo, N., Mortimer, R., Krause, M. (2021).

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  • The alliance–outcome association in the treatment of adolescent depression

    The current study explored the directions of effect between alliance and outcome by examining the associations between early alliance and subsequent outcome while controlling for patients’ baseline severity and prior symptom change. Authors: Cirsola, A., Midgley, N., Fonagy, P., IMPACT Consortium, Martin, P. (2021).

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  • A qualitative analysis of goals set by foster carers seeking support for their child’s emotional wellbeing

    The present study seeks to examine the goals that carers who are looking after children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties set at the start of an intervention, the Reflective Fostering Programme, designed to support them. Authors: Ranzato, E., Austerberry, C., Besser, S.J., Cirasola, A., Midgley, N. (2021).

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  • The evidence base for psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and adolescents: a narrative synthesis

    This systematic review aims to provide a narrative synthesis of the evidence base for psychodynamic therapy with children and adolescents. Authors: Midgley, N., Mortimer, R., Cirasola, A., Batra, P., & Kennedy, E. (2021).

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  • Mentalization based interventions for children aged 6–12 and their carers: a narrative systematic review

    Mentalization based treatment (MBT), which aims to improve mentalizing capacity, is widely used in adults and in parent-infant therapy, but adaptations of MBT for middle childhood are less well documented. A systematic search of key databases was carried out using a PICO model. Authors: Midgley, N., Sprecher, E., & Sleed, M. (2021).

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  • The Assessment of Representational Risk (ARR): development and psychometric properties of a new tool for assessing risk in the parent–infant relationship

    This study describes the development and initial validation of the assessment of representational risk (ARR) coding system to be applied to the parent development interview (Slade, A., Aber, J. L., Bresgi, I., Berger, B., & Kaplan, M. (2004). Authors: Sleed, M., Isosavi, S., & Fonagy, P. (2021).

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  • The Reflective Fostering Programme: evaluating the intervention co-delivered by social work professionals and foster carers

    This paper aims to present the evaluation of an adaptation of the reflective fostering programme, a group-based programme to support foster carers. Authors: Midgley, N., Sprecher, E.A., Cirasola, A., Redfern, S., Pursch, B., Smith, C., Douglas, S., Martin, P. (2021).

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