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Interpersonal Psychotherapy provides an introduction to the theory, history, research, and practice of this effective, empirically validated approach.

Gerald L. Klerman and Myrna M. Weissman initially created interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) as a brief approach for treating depression, but it has since been adapted for use with a wide variety of client presenting problems and in longer-term situations. This approach focuses on the interaction between interpersonal dysfunction and psychological symptoms. IPT is founded on the idea that humans are social beings, thus client personal relationships lie at the center of presenting problems and psychological states.

Although grounded in a medical model, which is used to conceptualize the client''s presenting problem, the primary basis for this approach lies in an interpersonal modification of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Therapy is present-focused, but aspects of attachment theory are used to anal

Table of Contents

Series Preface

How to Use This Book With APA Psychotherapy Videos

Acknowledgments

  1. Introduction
  2. History
  3. Theory
  4. The Therapy Process
  5. Evaluation
  6. Future Developments
  7. Summary

Glossary of Key Terms

Suggested Readings

References

Index

About the Authors

About the Series Editors

Interpersonal Psychotherapy

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      Publisher American Psychological Association
      Published 15 August 2010
      ISBN-13 9781433808517
      978-1433808517
      ISBN-10 143380851X
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      Psychotherapy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Interpersonal Psychotherapy provides an introduction to the theory, history, research, and practice of this effective, empirically validated approach.

      Gerald L. Klerman and Myrna M. Weissman initially created interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) as a brief approach for treating depression, but it has since been adapted for use with a wide variety of client presenting problems and in longer-term situations. This approach focuses on the interaction between interpersonal dysfunction and psychological symptoms. IPT is founded on the idea that humans are social beings, thus client personal relationships lie at the center of presenting problems and psychological states.

      Although grounded in a medical model, which is used to conceptualize the client''s presenting problem, the primary basis for this approach lies in an interpersonal modification of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Therapy is present-focused, but aspects of attachment theory are used to anal

      Table of Contents

      Series Preface

      How to Use This Book With APA Psychotherapy Videos

      Acknowledgments

      1. Introduction
      2. History
      3. Theory
      4. The Therapy Process
      5. Evaluation
      6. Future Developments
      7. Summary

      Glossary of Key Terms

      Suggested Readings

      References

      Index

      About the Authors

      About the Series Editors

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