American Journal of Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 October 2014

As Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) turns 40 years old, this issue of the American Journal of Psychotherapy. Only in the past 10 to 15 years has IPT gained wider acceptance into clinical practice. While we know that IPT works for many patient populations,...

Publication date: 01 October 2014

Interpersonal Counseling (IPC) comes directly from interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), an evidenced-based psychotherapy developed by Klerman and Weissman. It [IPC?] is a briefer, more structured version for use primarily in non-mental health settings, such ...

Publication date: 01 October 2014

We employed standard literature search techniques and surveyed participants on the International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy listserve ([email protected]) to catalogue the multiple and highly creative ways in which Klerman’s and ...

Publication date: 01 October 2014

Background: This paper assesses acculturation and ethnic matching of therapist and patient as predictors and moderators of treatment outcome in a 12-week effectiveness study of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A) versus treatment ...

Publication date: 01 October 2014

Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-B) is an eight-session adaption of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), an evidence-based psychotherapy for depression. The rationale for developing a briefer form of IPT rests on the paucity of empirical evidence ...

Publication date: 01 October 2014

Psychotherapies, such as Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), that have proven effective for treating mental disorders mostly lie dormant in consensus-treatment guidelines. Broadly disseminating these psychotherapies by training trainers and front-line ...

Publication date: 01 October 2014

This study sought to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) among women with breast cancer. Seven women with breast cancer and MDD received 12 sessions of ...