Psychotherapy Research

Papers
(The H4-Index of Psychotherapy Research is 14. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
How does hostile resistance interfere with the benefits of cognitive–behavioral therapy for panic disorder? The role of therapist adherence and working alliance74
Therapist in-session feelings predict change in depressive symptoms in interpersonal and brief relational psychotherapy57
Symptom reduction in DBT-informed partial hospital, intensive outpatient, and step-down programs: Mindfulness matters42
Self-efficacy, motivation, social support, and alliance as predictors of youth psychotherapy outcomes in usual care37
“Picking up the pieces”: Patients’ retrospective reflections of rupture resolution episodes during treatment25
Agreement in patient-therapist alliance ratings and its relation to dropout and outcome in a large sample of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder24
Client perspectives on psychotherapy failure22
The nature, motives, and perceived consequences of therapist dishonesty21
Maladaptive defense mechanisms moderate treatment outcome in 6 months versus 12 months dialectical-behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder21
Smaller effects matter in the psychological therapies: 25 years on from Wampold et al. (1997)19
The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences: Measurement invariance across international datasets and languages18
A pilot and feasibility study of Sage: A couple therapy for borderline personality disorder18
Predictors of homework engagement in group CBT for social anxiety: client beliefs about homework, its consequences, group cohesion, and working alliance15
Therapists’ and patients’ experiences of using patients’ self-reported data in ongoing psychotherapy processes—A systematic review and meta-analysis of qualitative studies15
Vindicating pollyanna? An experimental test of cognitive restructuring and positive thinking interventions14
Patient motivation in group metacognitive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder14
Group schema therapy for personality disorders: Systematic review, research agenda and treatment implications14
Quasi-randomized trial of solution-focused brief therapy intervention for readiness to change and alcohol and other drug use in a Brazilian community-based treatment center14
“It Felt Like I Was Being Tailored to the Treatment Rather Than the Treatment Being Tailored to Me”: Patient Experiences of Helpful and Unhelpful Psychotherapy14
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