Description
Book SynopsisInterpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents (IPT-A) is a comprehensive guide for clinicians. It will enable readers to add IPT-A to their clinical repertoire or to deepen their existing practice of IPT-A, using a time-limited, evidence-based intervention that is engaging for young people.
The guide outlines the structure, skills, and techniques of IPT-A, utilising real-life encounters in the therapy room that reflect the diverse nature of adolescents and young adults who present for therapy. It provides the reader with a bird''s-eye view of how IPT-A works. It expands the range of IPT-A clinical tools, techniques, and models to assist the reader to work effectively with a wide range of clients. The book provides a new protocol for the psychological assessment of young people, acknowledging the importance of culture and spirituality alongside the biological, psychological, and social dimensions that have previously comprised assessment. The importance of the clinician fo
Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction; 1. Introduction and orientation to this guide; 2. A model of holistic assessment; 3. Attachment in young people; 4. Clinical Techniques; Section 2 The Initial Phase of IPT-A; 5. The Initial Phase of IPT-A; Section 3 The Middle Phase of IPT-A; 6. The Middle Phase of IPT-A; 7. Complex Grief; 8. Interpersonal Disputes; 9. Role Transition; 10. Interpersonal Gaps; Section 4 Consolidation Phase of IPT-A; 11. Conclusion of Acute Treatment; 12. Continuation and Maintenance Therapy; Section 5 Closing thoughts; 13. Closing thoughts
