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Most importantly, it
helps clients
become aware of
the impact their
social and intimate
interactions have
on their feelings
and on the feeling
of the individuals
they interact with.
You say in the
book that
working through
feelings is a lot
like sorting
through the stuff
you’ve stored in a
messy basement.
Psychotherapy (IPT). What is IPT Tell us more.
exactly?
You may not know everything that you
IPT is a short-term, research proven have stored down in your basement.
therapy that usually lasts 8-12 weeks. It While sorting through all your stuff, you
helps clients improve their relationships, could choose to just throw everything
which then improves their mood. It away to avoid any potentially painful
provides a new set of skills you can use memories from surfacing. Alternatively,
to conquer depression and it can help you could sit in a chair and carefully look
prevent future episodes. Two doctors through what is in all those boxes and
created the model in the 1960s to treat experience a ‘mixed bag of emotions’ all
adults with depression and has been alone. IPT offers a different and
adapted for the treatment of adolescents ultimately more rewarding approach of
and older adults as well. IPT can be used going through the piles of boxes with a
in individual or group settings to treat friend. You’ll likely experience some
classic depression and related illnesses tears, some laughter, some anger, and
like chronic depression, postpartum some frustration but experiencing these
depression, eating disorders, and more. feeling with someone else is infinitely
healthier than experiencing them alone.
IPT focuses on what is happening
currently, not on the past. It is based on You say in the book that there are
the premise that building meaningful and four different problem areas in our
constructive relationships will help you lives that contribute to depression.
feel better. It is structured and Please tell us what they are.
collaborative and helps clients articulate
and deal with their feelings in a People who are experiencing conflicts
constructive and interpersonal way. or disputes, life transitions (like a
