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Mixed methods project analysing the effects and client experiences of DBT in the community. In Study 1, we compared DBT’s effectiveness between modalities by analysing pre-collected client self-report measures from a London-based charity (N = 59). In Study 2, we conducted semi-structured interviews with a subsample of Study 1 participants (N = 10) with the primary aim of capturing the client experience of each modality, and the secondary aim of capturing the general client experience of DBT.

This study aims to examine if personality traits associated with psychopathy are associated with the relationship between perceived and felt emotional reactions to music. Emotions will be operationalised in line with Russell's (1980) circumplex model and the eight major affect components, which are delineated as alert, excited, happy, serene, calm, depressed, sad and fearful. Empathy has been included as an additional variable to assess any potential mediating effects on the relationship between personality traits associated with psychopathy and perceived and felt emotions.

Background: Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, mental health care has largely transferred its services to online platforms, using videoconferencing (VC) or teletherapy. Within the field of family therapy, however, there is little evidence on the feasibility of using VC, especially when working with whole families at the edge of care. Objective: This study investigated the feasibility of remote Functional Family Therapy (FFT), using a mixed-method approach. Methods: Study 1 consisted of semi- structured interviews with 23 FFT professionals (18 female) about their experience of providing remote FFT during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 2 included monitoring data of 209 FFT clients (46% female, M age = 14.00) who participated in FFT during the pandemic. We compared families who received mainly in-person, mainly remote or a mix of remote and in-person on client-reported alliance, drop-out, therapist-rated outcomes, and treatment intensity using MANCOVA’s and chi-square tests. Results: In Study 1 two themes emerged around experienced challenges, namely ‘Feeling in control’ and ‘Engagement and alliance’. Two other themes emerged around adaptations, namely ‘Being more on top’ and ‘Connecting in different ways’. In Study 2, we found that the therapeutic alliance was not related to using VC. Also, families had less between-session contact during the Engagement and Motivation Phase when receiving mainly VC, but had more sessions and longer therapy when receiving a mix of in-person and remote therapy. Conclusions. The current study suggests that providing systemic family teletherapy to families on the edge of care is feasible. Further development of systemic family teletherapy is warranted.