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Publications

Christian, C., Bincoletto, A. F., Mariani, R., Negri, A., Lingiardi, V., & Tanzilli, A. (2025). Specificities of mental functioning and referential process in body dysmorphic disorder: A single case study using the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-2). Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 54(4), 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-025-10162-4.

 

Negri, A., Mariani, R., Tanzilli, A., Fiorini Bincoletto, A., Lingiardi, V., & Christian, C. (2024). A single-case multimethod assessment to detect significant changes in the psychoanalytic treatment of psychosomatic disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(5), 696–707. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2024.2312978.

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Christian, C. (2024). On Approaching Race, Class, and the Unconscious: A Case Study of Ataque de Nervios. In 

D. Goodman and  M. Mookie C. Manalili  (Eds.), (2024). Meaningless Suffering: Traumatic Marginalisation and Ethical Responsibility (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003394327.

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Mariani, R., Di Monte, C., Caricati, L., Bastianini, T., Ferruta, A., Christian, C., and Musetti, A. (2023). Free-Association Session Scale: Factor structure and preliminary validity test, Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1169372. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1169372.
 

Negri, A., & Christian, C. (2022). Changes in clinical process as a result of online therapy: Findings from a single case study. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 50(4), 659–671. https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2022.50.4.659.

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Negri, A., De Bei, F., Christian, C., & Rocco, D. (2022). Relationship between countertransference and emotional communication in the counselling process, Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-3442.
 

Christian, C., Barzilai, E., Nyman, J., & Negri, A. (2021). Assessing key linguistic dimensions of ruptures in the therapeutic alliance, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 50(1), 143-153. DOI:10.1007/s10936-021-09768-1.
 

Mariani, R., Musetti, A., Di Monte, C., Danskin, K., Franceschini, C., & Christian, C. (2021). Maladaptive Daydreaming in Relation to Linguistic Features and Attachment Style. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,19(1), 386. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010386.

 

Mariani, R., Monaco, S., Christian, C., and Di Trani, M. (2021). Dreaming in quarantine: linguistic analysis of the referential process of dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 24(2), https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.537.

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Gherovici, P., & Christian, C. (Eds.). (2020). Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: Race, class, and the unconscious. Routledge.

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Negri, A., Andreoli, G., Barazzetti, A., Zamin, C., & Christian, C. (2020). Linguistic markers of the emotion elaboration surrounding the confinement period in the Italian epicenter of COVID-19 outbreak. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 568281. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.56828.
 

Dent, L., and Christian, C. (2019). The Shifting Prevalence of Conflict in Psychoanalytic Literature: A Brief Report of a Corpus-Based Text Analysis. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 36(2), 184188. https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000220.
 

Negri, A., Christian, C., Mariani, R., Belotti, L., Andreoli, G., and Danskin, K. (2019). Some Important Linguistic Features of the Therapeutic Alliance in the First Session. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 22.
https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo, 2019. 374.

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Gherovici, P., Christian, C., & Plotkin, M. B. (2019). Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: An Interview. DIVISION/Review: A Quarterly Psychoanalytic Forum, 19, 1-6, American Psychoanalytic Association.

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Nimroody, T., Hoffman, L., Christian, C., Rice, T., & Murphy, S. (2019). Development of a Defense Mechanisms Manual for Children’s Doll Play (DMCP). Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 18(1), 58–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2018.1565005

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Christian, C., & Diamond, M. J. (Eds.). (2018). The second century of psychoanalysis: evolving perspectives on therapeutic action. Routledge.

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Christian, C., Eagle, M. N., & Wolitsky, D. L. (Eds.). (2017). Psychoanalytic perspectives on conflict. London: Routledge.

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Christian, C. (2015). Intersubjectivity and modern conflict theory. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 32(4), 608-625.https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000011.

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Harris, A., Lichtenstein, D., & Christian, C. (2015). To Whom Does the Subject Speak? Between the Relational and Lacanian Schools of Psychoanalysis: A Conversation With Adrienne Harris and David Lichtenstein, Moderated by Chris Christian. Studies in Gender and Sexuality,16(4), 229-246, https://doi.org/10.1080/15240657.2015.1107445.

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Christian, C. (2015). Punti di convergenza tra teoria del conflitto e intersoggettivitnella psicoanalisi contemporanea, PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE. 201-220. https://doi.org/10.3280/PU2015-002003.

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Christian, C., Safran, J. D., & Muran, J. C. (2012). The corrective emotional experience: A relational perspective and critique. In L. G. Castonguay & C. E. Hill (Eds.), Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches (pp. 51–67). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/13747-004.

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Christian, C., Hoffman, L., Bucci, W., Crimins, M., & Worth, M. (2010). Symbolization and emotional engagement in mothers' reports of childcare activities. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 7(1), 22-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps.234.
 

Christian, C. (2009). The Piano Teacher: A Case Study in Perversion and Sadomasochism, Psychoanalytic Review, 96, 769-784. https://doi.org/10.1521/prev. 2009.96.5.769.

 

Christian C. (2007). Sibling loss, guilt and reparation: a case study, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 88 (1), 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1516/ajej-k6ge-auav-eeyc.

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Christian, C. (2005). Review of Clinical Values: Emotions that guide psychoanalytic treatment. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 42(2), 249–250.

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Christian, C., Jurist, E., L. (2001). The Relevance of Psychoanalytic Ideas to Crisis Work. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 10, 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011671307853.

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Friedman, R. C., Bucci, W., Christian, C., Drucker, P., & Garrison III, W. B. (1998). Private psychotherapy patients of psychiatrist psychoanalysts. American Journal of Psychiatry,155(12), 1772-1774. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1772.

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