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  • The development of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy process with a depressed adolescent: an empirical case study

    This study examines the psychotherapy process in short-term psychoanalytic treatment with a depressed adolescent, highlighting changes in the patient’s engagement and presentation over time, despite persistent depressive symptoms.

    Authors: Sharp, L., Thackeray, L., O’Keeffe, S. et al.

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  • Repairing alliance ruptures in psychodynamic psychotherapy with young people: The development of a rational-empirical model to support youth therapists

    This study developed an evidence-based model to guide psychodynamic therapists in flexibly and empathetically repairing alliance ruptures with depressed adolescents.

    Authors: Cirasola, A., Midgley, N., Muran, C., et al.

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  • The Power Threat Meaning Framework: a qualitative study of depression in adolescents and young adults

    This study used the Power Threat and Meaning Framework to explore how young people with depression understand their experiences, highlighting the need for more tailored interventions.

    Authors: Ekbäck, E., Rådmark, L., Molin, J. et al.

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  • Internet-Delivered Affect-Focused Psychodynamic Therapy for Adolescent Depression: Treatment Principles and Clinical Application in the ERiCA Project

    This article presents the development and evaluation of an Internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy (IPDT) program for adolescent depression, highlighting its potential for clinical use and future research.

    Authors: Mechler, J., Lindqvist, K., Philips, B. et al.

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  • Alliance Rupture and Repair in Adolescent Psychotherapy: What Clinicians Can Learn From Research

    This review highlights the importance of the therapeutic alliance in adolescent psychotherapy, offering evidence-based recommendations for building strong alliances and addressing alliance ruptures effectively.

    Authors: Cirasola, A., Fonagy, P., & Midgley, N.

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  • “You can’t really have a relationship with them because they just ask you questions”: understanding adolescent dropout – an empirical single case study

    This study explored dropout in adolescent psychoanalytic therapy, finding unresolved alliance ruptures, low trust, and minimal parental involvement contributed to poor outcomes.

    Authors: Cirasola, A., Szegedi, D., Fonagy, P. et al.

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  • Transference work and the repair of ruptures in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

    This study found that transference work in short-term psychoanalytic therapy can help repair alliance ruptures in adolescent depression, especially when applied flexibly and empathetically.

    Authors: Cirasola, A., Heller, O., & Midgley, N.

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  • Using large language models (LLMs) to detect outcomes in qualitative studies of adolescent depression

    This study shows LLMs can identify nuanced therapy outcomes in adolescent depression interviews, enabling finer-grained analysis to support clinical decision-making.

    Authors: Xin, A. W., Nielson, D.M., Krause, K. et al.

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  • Goal-oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence

    This is a literature review focused on what evidence is available to explore goal-oriented therapeutic practices in children and young people's mental health and wellbeing settings.

    Authors: Jacob, J., Wozney, L., Oddli, H. et al.

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