The Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Updated and Expanded Edition

The Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy is the definitive, practical guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for clinicians and researchers. IPT has been shown not only to relieve symptoms but to build social skills as well. IPT is a well-researched, time-limited, and diagnosis-focused therapy. This book is the basis for the extensive research that has validated IPT and led to its listing in treatment guidelines.Written by the originators of the treatment and one of its leading researchers, this updated and expanded guide describes how to approach clinical encounters with patients, how to focus I

He was convinced that interpersonal relationships importantly influenced the course and recurrence of illness, and that psychotherapy could potentially stabilize interpersonal relations. Early on in her career she began working with Gerald Klerman at Yale University on the development of IPT. Markowitz, MD, received his m

Klerman, MD, was mentor of Dr. About the AuthorMyrna M. First at Cornell and then at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dr. He was professor at Yale University, Harvard Medical School, and lastly, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from Yale University School of Medicine where she also became a professor. Even years after his death, his writing on IPT is pervasive. Gerry held numerous prestigious positions in psychiatry and government. Weissman (his wife) and Dr. Markowitz has conducted comparative studies of IPT, other psychotherapies, and medications, studying mood, anxiety, and personality disorders. Together they carried out this work, testing IPT in several clinical