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 ContentsSeries Preface
How to Use This Book With APA Psychotherapy Videos
Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- History
- Theory
- The Therapy Process
- Evaluation
- Future Developments
- Summary
Glossary of Key Terms
Suggested Readings
References
Index
About the Authors
About the Series Editors
