João Francisco Barreto

João Francisco Barreto
University of Porto | UP · Center for Psychology at University of Porto

PhD

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May 2002 - present
Polytechnic University of Porto
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  • Assistant Professor

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Publications (18)
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As a construct, the elaboration of countertransference experience (ECE) is intended to depict the implicit and explicit psychological work to which therapists submit their experiences with clients. Through ECE, defined as a mentalizing process of a particular kind, therapists' experiences are presumed to acquire and increase in mental quality and b...
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Alliance may impact psychotherapy outcomes both as a precondition that enables therapeutic work and an evolving process that is therapeutic in itself. This study examined the participation of the elaboration of countertransference experience (ECE) in alliance variation between therapist–client dyads early in therapy and within dyads over time. A to...
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Barreto, J. F. (2019). Donald K. Freedheim Student Development Award Winner. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 54 (3), 86-87. URL: https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/congratulations-to-the-society-for-the-advancement-of-psychotherapy-2019-student-paper-award-winners/ Report on the prize awarded by APA Division 29 to the article "Mentalizing countertransfe...
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Individual and combined attachment dimensions within the dyad may affect therapists’ experiences in ways that hinder mentalizing and threaten the alliance. Previous research on a particular therapists’ mentalizing ability named the elaboration of countertransference experience (ECE) suggests that attachment may affect therapists’ mental processes,...
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The attempt to identify and classify distinct experiences falling under the common designation of countertransference has been labelled the specifist tradition. In this paper, a model describing two dimensions differentiating four components of countertransference experience is proposed. For each experiential component (subjective countertransferen...
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Mentalization-based treatments for parents have consistently shown promising effects in reducing parental stress and improving parental self-efficacy, sensitivity and reflective function. Considering the scarce use of online interventions for hard-to-reach populations, this study aims to explore the perceived changes of an online 12-session version...
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Mentalization refers to a process of mental representation, elaboration, and interpretation of one’s and others’ mental contents (e.g., beliefs, emotions, intentions, needs) and openness towards these. Recently two instruments with good psychometric properties were developed to measure this construct through self-report: the Reflective Function Que...
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The working alliance has been recognized as a predictor of psychotherapy outcome across therapeutic orientations. Despite mixed findings regarding the effect of problem severity on the alliance formation, there is evidence suggesting that therapist factors may interfere in this association. This study examined how clients’ baseline clinical feature...
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Introduction: The Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO) is a self-report measure intended to assess the severity of personality disturbance according to Otto F. Kernberg's model. Objective: To study factor structure and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of IPO (IPO-Pt). Method: Two independent samples of 586 individuals each...
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The elaboration of countertransference experience (ECE) is the implicit and explicit psychological work to which therapists submit their experiences with patients, and may be defined as a mentalizing process of a particular kind through which therapists’ experiences acquire and increase in mental quality and become available for meaning-making and...
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The elaboration of countertransference experience (ECE), understood as the implicit and explicit psychological work to which therapists submit their experiences with patients, may be defined as a mentalizing process of a particular kind – equally involving automatic and controlled processes; with an internal focus slightly prevailing over the exter...
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A counter-complementary stance towards the relational pull exerted by clients may play an important role in the change process. Initial evidence suggests that this can be facilitated by a dissimilar or non-complementary match between relational preferences within the therapeutic dyad and by attachment security in therapists. In this paper, we study...
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There is wide consensus that, in early stages of psychotherapy, a good alliance is an important predictor of positive outcome. Although the relation between client (C) attachment and alliance is relatively well established, results seem more ambiguous regarding therapist (T) attachment dimensions. Recent research suggests that the complexity of cli...
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Introduction: Evidence suggests that the severity of personality difficulties, regardless of their type, may be the most important determinant of current and future dysfunction. Otto F. Kernberg’s model of personality organization (PO) describes severity of personality disturbance as a continuum from normal-neurotic functioning, through borderline,...
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Introduction: Therapeutic alliance has been widely recognized as an important predictor of psychotherapy outcome across therapeutic orientations. In particular, evidence suggests that client-rated alliance and assessment at early stages of the therapeutic process may be especially relevant. Although several determinants of alliance have been invest...
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Emotional (dys) regulation is central to many forms of psychopathology and psychosomatic diseases. Little is known about the factors underlying individual differences in emotion regulation. It is plausible that both genetic (including stable personality factors) and environmental/socio-cultural influences determine one’s emotion regulation. Type D...
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Introdução – A adaptação ao ensino superior reveste-se de experiências académicas que podem constituir fonte de stress para os estudantes. A implementação de novos modelos pedagógicos, no âmbito do processo de Bolonha, introduz novas variáveis cujo impacto, designadamente em termos de saúde, importa conhecer. Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar...
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Complete article on the Portuguese version of IPO at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319911581_Uncovering_personality_structure_with_the_Inventory_of_Personality_Organization_An_exploration_of_factor_structure_with_a_Portuguese_sample

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