Research Library

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.

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.

Young people shared mixed views on social prescribing for mental health: many valued it as a non-medical option, while others worried it could replace therapy. Factors like access to resources influenced how helpful they felt SP could be.

This study assessed attachment representations in 28 Danish foster children (ages 4–10) using the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP). Participants were enrolled in a trial comparing Mentalization-Based Family Therapy (MBT) to Care as Usual (CAU).

This study explores perspectives of foster carers working at one UK-based independent fostering agency, Five Rivers Child Care (FRCC). The twofold study involved understanding foster carers’ perceptions both of routine assessments and subsequent feedback procedures.

This study compares MBT-C with PSSG, showing that while both had similar effects at 12 weeks, MBT-C was superior at 36 weeks in reducing problems and improving emotion regulation in parents and children. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.

This randomised controlled trial evaluated the guided online intervention SOPHIE for adolescents (N = 133; 11–17 years) with social anxiety disorder or subclinical social anxiety compared to care-as-usual control condition and qualitatively explored their experiences.

The findings suggest that digital interventions can be a valuable tool for supporting CYP. However, realising their full potential for all CYP may require more high-quality research utilising diverse theoretical underpinnings and targeting CYP with diverse backgrounds.

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.