Including significant others in psychological therapy with people with intellectual disabilities: A national survey of the practice of UK psychologists.

Background: Talking therapy for people with intellectual disabilities is often specifically adapted. One adaptation is the involvement of significant others in therapy, however, there is no systematic description of the use of this adaptation in routine clinical practice.

Method: An online survey of UK psychologists regarding the inclusion of significant others in individual therapy with people with intellectual disabilities.

How do people with intellectual disabilities understand friendship? A systematic meta-synthesis.

Background: Previous systematic reviews of the relationships of people with intellectual disabilities have included consideration of intimate relationships. In this paper, we report a systematic review of papers describing friendship only.

Method: A systematic qualitative meta-synthesis of the research exploring experiences of friendship as reported by people with intellectual disabilities.

Facilitating transformative endings: Therapists' experience of ending therapy with people with intellectual disabilities-An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Background: Endings in therapy are discussed widely in mainstream literature, however, there is only a small amount of research that considers endings in therapy for people with intellectual disabilities.

Methods: Eight therapists were interviewed about their experience of ending therapy with people with intellectual disabilities. Interviews were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).

Exploring the emotion regulation strategies used by adults with intellectual disabilities.

Objectives: There is a growing body of evidence revealing emotion regulation difficulties are a common factor in the development and maintenance of mental health problems in the general population, however relatively little is known of the emotion regulation strategies used by people with intellectual disabilities.

Method: A qualitative approach was used to explore the emotion regulation strategies used by adults with a mild intellectual disability in interpersonal experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 participants with the transcripts analyzed using Thematic Analysis.