Frontiers in Psychology | Psychology for Clinical Settings

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Aug 2025

Immature Defense Mechanisms and Suicide Attempts in Borderline Personality Organization: A Clinical Sample Study

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

ARDIL BAYRAM ŞAHİN
Mourat Giousouf Chousein
Doruk Uludağ
Bilgin Saydam

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632246

Study Protocol

Published on 14 Aug 2025

“Ready for Landing”—study protocol for the evaluation of a brief sleep hygiene group intervention for youth with psychiatric disorders

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Paula Theresa Meyer
Hannah Brauer
Clara Marie Schreiber
Pia Muriel Heinze
Julia Witte
Christoph Berger
Manuel Munz
Alexander Dück
Olaf Reis
Michael Kölch

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1543448

310 views

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Aug 2025

Educational, but demanding: The experience of therapists in an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Veronica Vaage-Kowalzik
Jeanette Engeset
Marianne Jakobsen
Julie Evensen

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1581055

Original Research

Published on 12 Aug 2025

Screening for psychotherapy readiness with the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale and the Readiness for Psychotherapy Index

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Oliver Rumle Hovmand
Nina Reinholt
Anne Bryde Christensen
Bo Bach
Sidse Marie Arnfred

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1530713

451 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Aug 2025

Giving justice to listening: exploring the impact of a novel dialogical approach to mental wellbeing on healthcare staff

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Isaac Nsiah
Cornelia Junghans
Henock B. Taddese
Anna Dentschuk
Amanda Bueno de Mesquita
Matthew Ball

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1576278

842 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Aug 2025

Psychological health conditions of ART treated infertile couples: a 4-years prospective study

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Maria Francesca Cattaneo Della Volta
Federica Vallone
Pasquale Dolce
Maria Clelia Zurlo

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1616754

482 views

Original Research

Accepted on 06 Aug 2025

Formal help-seeking of community-based Czech people who are sexually interested in minors is linked to the perceived urgency of self-identified concerns

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Lenka Martinec Nováková
Lucie Krejčová
Klára Bártová
Renáta Androvičová
Kateřina - Klapilová

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1546102

112 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Aug 2025

Sexual distress with partnered face-to-face sexual activity: an exploratory qualitative study with heterosexual cis people who seek and do not seek professional help

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Patrícia M. Pascoal
Gerhard Andersson
Vinicius J. Fischer
Andreia A. Manão
Cátia Oliveira
Catarina F. Raposo
Pedro J. Rosa
Magda Sofia Roberto
Graça Santos
Nuno Tomada

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1553893

791 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 05 Aug 2025

The impact of digital art-making on anxiety: A feasibility study

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Laura M. H. Gallo
Vincent Giampietro
Minu Choi

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1620583

305 views

Original Research

Accepted on 05 Aug 2025

Metabeliefs about worry, cognitive fusion, and acceptance: Associations and Mediations Analysis

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Francisco Sanchez-Escamilla
Marta Redondo-Delgado
Antonia María Jímenez-Ros
Miguel Ángel Pérez-Nieto

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1639105

Brief Research Report

Published on 05 Aug 2025

Silent struggles: help-seeking barriers for sexual difficulties among adults 50+ in Czechia

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Gabriela Gore-Gorszewska
Anna Ševčíková
Klára Bártová
Lucie Krejčová
Lucie Kalenská
Renáta Androvičová
Petr Weiss
Kateřina Klapilová

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1622872

592 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Aug 2025

Type D personality and fear of progression among patients with first-ever stroke: the serial mediation role of perceived social support and intolerance of uncertainty

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Xiaoping Yang
Lijun Wang
Xiaohui Liu
Miaomiao Chen
Yingjie Zheng
Shailing Ma
Jialin Yuan
Huijuan Wang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1628451

584 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Aug 2025

Coping with the toll of child sexual abuse investigations

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Lauran Easton
John Synnott
Dara Mojtahedi
Maria Ioannou

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1584034

423 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Aug 2025

Attitudes towards AI counseling: the existence of perceptual fear in affecting perceived chatbot support quality

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Wing Man Keung
Tsz Yan So

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1538387

1,554 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Aug 2025

A qualitative study of therapists’ use of empirically supported techniques for PTSD

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Erin Neill
Amie Zarling
Carl F. Weems

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1542478

1,176 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Jul 2025

Talking placebo: a qualitative study of patients’ attitudes toward open-label placebo implementation into clinical practice

in Psychology for Clinical Settings

Antje Frey Nascimento
Berfin Bakis
Jens Gaab
Tobias Schneider
Athina Papadopoulou
Milena Ritter
Michael H. Bernstein
Charlotte R. Blease
Cosima Locher

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1533663

624 views