Research Library

This chapter explores alliance ruptures in adolescent therapy and why repairing them matters. It offers practical, research-informed strategies to help CBT clinicians recognise and address ruptures, considering developmental needs, family involvement and common therapy challenges.

This study will assess if blended therapy (online and in-person) is as effective and cost-efficient as face-to-face CBT or PDT for major depression, aiming to reduce therapist workload and improve mental healthcare access.

Large-scale research in UK fostering is often slowed by healthcare-style bureaucracy and limited administrative capacity in social care. The authors argue research rules should be refined to better reflect the realities of children’s social care.

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.

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 letter from the INSPIRE research group summarises expert views on the benefits and future of measurement-based care, where client progress is shared to guide therapy. The authors call for greater co-ordination across settings, cultures and systems to support the development of measures and practice.

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.

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

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.