Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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“All the horrible emotions have passed, I still remained, and I was safe”: A qualitative study of Lesbian and Gay people's lived experience of completing a full Dialectical Behaviour Therapy programme33
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Attachment as a predictor of dropout in mentalization‐based treatment25
What about the children? Adult mental health practitioners' experiences and views of family‐focused practice in Early Intervention Services22
Investigating the relationship between negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: An individual participant data meta‐analysis21
Mindful parenting and child behaviour problems: A chain mediating role of parental and child communicating performance21
Findings from a randomized controlled trial of Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy for people with schizophrenia: Effects on metacognition and symptoms19
Self‐compassion and complete perinatal mental health in women at high risk for postpartum depression: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties18
Disclosing racial trauma in psychological therapy: Exploring the experiences of racially minoritised people in the UK17
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Special issue: State of the art in CBT and third‐wave therapies for psychosis16
Sensitivity to punishment and emotional eating: The mediating role of shame and rumination16
‘The last thing you feel is the self‐disgust’. The role of self‐directed disgust in men who have attempted suicide: A grounded theory study16
Psychological therapies for bipolar disorder in later life: Current evidence, practice and future directions15
A meta‐analysis of self‐compassion and attachment in adults15
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Talking therapies for anxiety and depression in people affected by dementia: A scoping meta‐review14
The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta‐analysis13
Experiences of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents: A qualitative analysis13
Pathways from childhood trauma to aberrant salience: A structural equation approach to mentalization model13
Mindfulness for voices: An experimental analogue study of the effect of manipulating response style to simulated voices in a non‐clinical population13
Types and mechanisms of idiographic change during guided self‐help for anxiety13
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Quality of life and psychiatric distress in people with serious mental illness, the role of personal recovery12
“Cover up your arms, you’re triggering people”: A Mixed‐Methods Investigation of Shame in those who Self‐Injure12
The experience of seeking and accessing help from mental health services among young people of Eastern European backgrounds: A qualitative interview study12
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Effects of rhythmic eye movements during a virtual reality exposure paradigm for spider‐phobic patients11
Associations between treatment credibility, patient expectancies, working alliance and symptom trajectory in cognitive behaviour therapy for pathological health anxiety11
Distress factors of voice‐hearing in young people and social relating: Exploring a cognitive‐interpersonal voice‐hearing model11
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Compassion focused therapy for older people: Why it is needed and adaptations for clinical practice10
Response to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ critique of our audit of ECT usage10
A systematic review of the rates of depression in autistic children and adolescents without intellectual disability9
At the mercy of myself: A thematic analysis of beliefs about losing control9
Changes in the predictive effects of family function and depressive symptoms of suicide‐related behaviours in Chinese adolescents during COVID‐199
A brief compassion focused therapy intervention can help self‐critical parents and their children: A randomised controlled trial9
‘I felt like I'd lost control of everything’: An exploration of metacognition and masculinity in men experiencing suicidality9
Position paper – CFT for psychosis9
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Patient experiences of therapy for borderline personality disorder: Commonalities and differences between dialectical behaviour therapy and mentalization‐based therapy and relation to outcomes9
The subjective effect of antipsychotic medication on trauma‐related thoughts, emotions, and physical symptoms: A qualitative study with people who have experienced childhood trauma and psychosis9
The mediating effect of social network sites addiction on the relationship between childhood psychological abuse and depression in college students and the moderating effect of psychological flexibili9
Self‐forgiveness, self‐compassion and psychological health: A qualitative exploration of change during compassion focused therapy groups8
The associations of stress, pleasure and emotion to voice‐hearing: An ecological momentary assessment study8
How young people experienced COVID‐19 disease containment measures in the Western Cape, South Africa: A qualitative study including the perspectives of young people, their parents, teachers and school8
Adult stakeholders' perspectives on supporting or undermining the mental health of sexual and gender minoritised adolescents8
Empathy training for counselling novices: A randomized controlled trial using machine learning and natural language processing8
Age equality in mental health: Déjà vu all over again7
A family perspective on parental psychosis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study7
Functional neurological disorder: A qualitative study exploring individuals' experiences of psychological services7
Editorial acknowledgement7
Emerging applications of systemic therapy with older people7
The service user experience of SlowMo therapy: A co‐produced thematic analysis of service users’ subjective experience7
Expression of Concern: Eysenck, H. J. (1988). Personality, stress and cancer: Prediction and prophylaxis. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 61(1), 57–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044‐8347
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural‐based interventions for adults with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder extends beyond core symptoms: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials6
The effect of the alliance on social recovery outcomes and usage in a moderated online social therapy for first‐episode psychosis6
A dyadic session‐by‐session assessment of therapeutic alliance and short‐term outcome among clients with schizophrenia in comparison with clients with emotional disorders6
Establishing an optimal working relationship with patients with an antisocial personality disorder. Aspects and processes in the therapeutic alliance6
Does disorganised attachment lead to auditory hallucinations via dissociation? An experimental study with an analogue sample6
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Thinking about the next generation: The case for a mentalization‐informed approach to perinatal and intergenerational mental health5
Psychosis and help‐seeking behaviour–A systematic review of the literature5
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Generalisability of the interpersonal theory of suicide to latent profiles of young people attending treatment in a suicide prevention service5
Between personal and professional involvement: A qualitative interview study on insights of novice and experienced therapists in Alliance ruptures5
A life more ordinary: A peer research method qualitative study of the Feeling Safe Programme for persecutory delusions5
‘Like walking with someone as opposed to trying to catch up to them’—Dynamics at play when clinicians and young people formulate together5
The assessment of pathways towards suicide in adolescent patients: A PDM‐2‐oriented approach5
Understanding treatment non‐responders: A qualitative study of depressed adolescents' experiences of ‘unsuccessful’ psychotherapy5
Therapeutic alliance in a cognitive rehabilitation programme for people with serious mental illness: A qualitative analysis4
A qualitative study exploring participants experiences of the Mental Imagery for Suicidality in Students Trial4
Goal‐oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence4
A qualitative study exploring children and young people's experiences of cognitive therapy for PTSD delivered within the context of a randomised controlled trial4
Emotion processes in voice‐hearers: Understanding differences in emotional reactivity, emotion regulation and alexithymia4
‘It’s like having a core belief that’s able to speak back to you’: Therapist accounts of dialoguing with auditory hallucinations4
Social identification, identity integration and wellbeing in people who hear voices4
Problematic behaviours associated with generalized anxiety disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A thematic analysis4
Editorial acknowledgement4
SlowMo therapy, a new digital blended therapy for fear of harm from others: An account of therapy personalisation within a targeted intervention4
A qualitative study exploring the role of perfectionism in trichotillomania4
The emotional impact of self‐criticism on self‐reflection and rumination4
The Reflective Fostering Programme—Adapting a group parenting programme for online delivery in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United Kingdom4
The phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations in bipolar disorder4
The effect of cumulative trauma and polarised thinking on severity of depressive disorder4
Veterans' experiences of somatic experiencing and prolonged exposure therapies for post‐traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative analysis4
Parents who experience psychosis: A qualitative exploration4
Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: Current status, lingering questions and future directions4
Caring for a friend or family member who has experienced suicidal behaviour: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis4
Cisnormativity and the frustration of core emotional needs among transgender and gender diverse individuals3
Staff views about involving service users in team formulation3
Poverty, ACEs and stigmatised places: The application of psychology to the challenges of disadvantage3
Exploring the impact on primary care mental health practitioners of the death of a patient by suicide: An IPA study3
ECTAS Response to ‘A second independent audit of electroconvulsive therapy in England, 2019: Usage, demographics, consent, and, adherence to guidelines and legislation’3
“If there is a tension about something, I can solve it”: A qualitative investigation of change processes in a trial of brief problem‐solving interventions for common adolescent mental health problems 3
How social rejection expectations and depressive symptoms bi‐directionally predict each other – A cross‐lagged panel analysis3
Associations between psychological inflexibility processes, pre‐sleep arousal and sleep quality3
The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking3
Reductions in experiential avoidance explain changes in anxiety, depression and well‐being after a mindfulness and self‐compassion (MSC) training3
Longitudinal outcomes of a therapist‐supported digital mental health intervention for depression and anxiety symptoms: A retrospective cohort study3
Therapists' perspectives on the Maudsley model anorexia nervosa treatment for adolescents and young adults (MANTRa): A qualitative interview study3
Assessing the delivering of iMAgery‐focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS) via telehealth3
Investigating associations between self‐compassion, self‐criticism and psychotic‐like experiences3
What does it mean to age well with bipolar disorder? A qualitative study using photo elicitation3
Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Brief Reflective Functioning Interview3
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Supporting conscious competency: Validation of the Generic Supervision Assessment Tool (GSAT)3
Fear of COVID‐19, stress and depression: A meta‐analytic test of the mediating role of anxiety3
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for high‐risk transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth: A qualitative study of youth and mental health providers' perspectives on interventi2
Predictors of psychological distress during self‐isolation2
Internalizing symptoms and affective vulnerability among heterosexual and sexual minority young adults2
What predicts psychosocial functioning in borderline personality disorder? Investigating the association with reflective functioning2
The role of parental mentalizing on the link between parental depression and child emotion regulation2
Early maladaptive schemas and ICD‐11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations2
‘I think that we can effect change’: Psychologist use of social media for social justice advocacy2
Using routine outcome measures as clinical process tools: Maximising the therapeutic yield in the IAPT programme when working remotely2
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‘Cheering on from the side‐lines’: The perceived impact of romantic partner's commentary and behaviour on maintaining women's appearance anxiety2
Mother and clinician experiences of a trial of a video feedback parent–infant intervention for mothers experiencing difficulties consistent with ‘personality disorder’: A qualitative interview study2
Psychologists' experience of working with people who hear voices and their views on the idea of voice simulation training: A qualitative study2
“It's like I used to share a room with self‐injury, but now it lives next door”: Exploring experiences of naturalistic improvement in non‐suicidal self‐injury2
An independent audit of electroconvulsive therapy patient information leaflets in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales2
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Do recovery‐oriented messages improve self‐efficacy and positive emotions amongst people with lived experience of psychosis? Experimental investigation2
The journey of adolescent paranoia: A qualitative study with patients attending child and adolescent mental health services2
Compassion‐based interventions in Asian communities: A meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials2
Practitioners' perspectives on preparing for and delivering remote psychological support in Nepal, Perú and the United States during COVID‐192
Self‐compassion and social anxiety: The mediating effect of emotion regulation strategies and the influence of depressed mood2
“They may be confronting but they are good questions to be asking” young people's experiences of completing a trauma and PTSD screening tool in an early psychosis program1
Compassion‐focused chairwork for voice‐hearing relationships, body triggers and motivational states1
Pathways from trauma to unusual perceptual experiences: Modelling the roles of insecure attachment, negative affect, emotion regulation and dissociation1
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How does attachment style affect psychosis? A systematic review of causal mechanisms and guide to future inquiry1
A randomised feasibility trial comparing group and individual format GROUPS FOR HEALTH interventions for loneliness in people who experience psychosis1
‘Like jumping off a ledge into the water’: A qualitative study of trauma‐focussed imaginal exposure for hearing voices1
Editorial acknowledgement1
Internet‐delivered emotion regulation therapy for adolescents engaging in non‐suicidal self‐injury and their parents: A qualitative, online focus group study1
“My entire life has moulded the person that I am”: Narrations of non‐suicidal self‐injury and complex trauma in individuals with complex posttraumatic stress experiences1
How do people with a history of sexual abuse experience talking therapies for sexual trauma? A systematic review of qualitative findings1
Relating Therapy for distressing voices: A treatment protocol1
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“It is not all glowing and kale smoothies”: An exploration of mental health difficulties during pregnancy through women's voices1
Clients' experiences of psychotherapeutic interventions addressing trauma1
Outcomes for Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment informed care for adolescents using a deployment‐based approach1
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Acceptability of a novel suicide prevention psychological therapy for people who experience non‐affective psychosis1
Early Maladaptive Schemas and Schema Modes in clinical disorders: A systematic review1
Working together: An investigation of the impact of working alliance and cohesion on group psychotherapy attendance1
Does insecure attachment lead to psychosis via dissociation? A systematic review of the literature1
Are all reasons for living made equally? Reasons for living and dysfunctional attitudes in psychotic disorders and bipolar I1
Commentary: What young people want from psychotherapy1
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Temporal relationships between changes in depression and suicidal ideation: A mediation analysis in a randomized double‐blinded clinical trial1
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Construing journeys to recovery from psychosis: A qualitative analysis of first‐person accounts1
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Visual hallucinations in psychosis: What do people actually see?1
A systematic review of the relationship between momentary emotional states and nonsuicidal self‐injurious thoughts and behaviours1
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Exploring experiences of moral injury and distress among health care workers during the Covid‐19 pandemic1
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