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IPT Review Questions
Question | Answer |
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IPT vs CBT: Similarities | -focus on helping client feel supported, understood, not alone. -help client develop insight into own problems. -time limited (12-16 sessions). -empirically supported |
IPT vs CBT: Differences | IPT: -more focus on relationships. "here & now." -no homework. -draw on attachment theory, extended to adult relationships. -facilitate emotional arousal, expression - label & validate feelings. Get ppl deeper into their emotions |
Assumptions of IPT | 1) Depression is a medical/physical illness that is treatable & not the client's fault -Sick role: since it's medical illness scale back on expectations responsibilities 2) Depression is connected to recent life events, particularly interpersonal proble |
Focuses of IPT: | Grief. Role Disputes. Role Transitions. Interpersonal Deficits. |
Grief | USE: only if death happened. WHAT'S INVOLVED: -activate & navigate mourning process -normalize reaction -work through emotions -establish substitute relationships |
Role Disputes | USE: person needs help asserting self, confronting others, expressing anger. WHAT'S INVOLVED: identify dispute, plan course of action, assess communication styles -relate symptoms of depression to dispute -problem-solving: fix relationship, end it, etc. |
Role Transitions | USE: role changes. WHAT'S INVOLVED: -mourn loss & accept new role -examine pros/cons of new role -experience feelings about both roles -develop a sense of mastery w/ new role. |
Interpersonal Deficits | USE: has few supports; can't form/sustain relations. WHAT'S INVOLVED: -identify patterns of past relations -increase quality/quantity of relations -relationship w/ therapist emphasized -explore positive/negative aspects of relations -problem-solve |
IPT Techniques | Communication Analysis -Explore wishes & options -Decision Analysis - Role Play |