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  • Therapists’ questions in short term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

    This study analysed how therapists use questions in psychoanalytic sessions with depressed adolescents, finding frequent questioning. Questions voicing unspoken negative feelings often prompted avoidance, offering insights for improving therapy techniques.

    Authors: Dehl, A., Edginton, E. & Midgley, N.

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  • How inclusive and representative is research on foster caring in the UK? Findings from a scoping review

    This review found foster care research often underrepresents groups such as kinship and non-White carers and rarely addresses inclusivity, calling for more representative, inclusive research practices.

    Authors: Stemp, R., Izzidien, S., Sharma, S. et al.

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  • The lived experience of co-production: Reflective accounts from the InCLUDE project

    This paper shares reflections from four researchers in a co-produced foster care study, highlighting the value of safe, inclusive research spaces and offering practical recommendations for future co-production projects.

    Authors: Izzidien, S., Stemp, R., Akram et al.

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  • Wellbeing package for foster carers and teachers of looked-after children aged 8 to 11 years: the STrAWB feasibility RCT

    This study tested a new programme to support the mental health of children in care by training foster carers and teachers to work together. While the approach was acceptable to participants, the trial was not feasible due to low recruitment and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Authors: Luke N., Banerjee R, Dunn V, Douglas N. et al.

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  • Co-producing an interdisciplinary, preventative mental health intervention: Development of the building resilience through Socioemotional Training (ReSET) Programme

    This paper outlines ReSET, a new adolescent mental health intervention co-created with young people. Combining psychotherapy and neuroscience, it aims to build emotional resilience and is being tested in a large trial.

    Authors: Lloyd, A., Law, R., Midgley, N. et al.

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  • ‘Maybe you don’t know what answers I want’: unresolved alliance ruptures preceding drop-out in short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

    This study explored why some depressed adolescents left short-term psychoanalytic therapy early, finding weak therapeutic alliances and mismatches between withdrawn teens and therapists led to disengagement.

    Authors: Difronzo, M., Thackeray, L., O'Keeffe, S., et al.

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  • A three-track, psychodynamic treatment approach for children who have experienced complex trauma

    Children facing complex trauma often lack stable, supportive caregivers, affecting their emotional and social growth. This paper outlines a three-track treatment model combining child therapy with parent and caregiver support.

    Authors: Vliegen, N., Tang, E., Midgley, N., et al.

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  • A theory-building case study of resolving epistemic mistrust and developing epistemic trust in psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

    This study explored how trust can be rebuilt in therapy for teens who struggle to trust others. It found that trust develops through key therapist-patient interactions and early opportunities for openness, offering practical guidance for improving treatment outcomes.

    Authors: Li, E., Midgley, N., Campbell., et al.

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  • Clinical effectiveness of the Circle of Security-Parenting group intervention for birthing parents in perinatal mental health services in England (COSI)

    The COSI study tested whether the Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) programme is a helpful and acceptable way for NHS perinatal mental health services to support mothers, birthing parents and their relationships with their babies.

    Authors: Rosan, C & Alyousefi-van Dijk, K., et al.