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Overview

IPT helps individuals recognize unhealthy or unhelpful communication styles and interaction patterns within their relationships

Duration

9 hours

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  • How can psychotherapy help people struggling with depression and stressful interpersonal life events? How do therapists facilitate effective management of interpersonal experiences such as loss/grief, social role transitions, role disputes or interpersonal sensitivity? Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) is a brief, structured, evidence-proven treatment that helps individuals resolve interpersonal issues associated with the onset, worsening, or maintenance of depression
  • It is recommended by the World Health Organization and expert consensus guidelines as a depression treatment
  • This case-based, interactive online course provides teaching on the theories, indications and clinical practice guidelines for IPT
  • The course features interactive learning exercises and video-taped demonstrations of clinical principles-in-practice
  • By the end of the course, learners will better understand how IPT can help patients address and resolve depression-related interpersonal problems, thereby improving their mood
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Curriculum

Course information

Introduction

Land Acknowledgement

Opening Remarks from Dr. Paula Ravitz

Course Objectives

Course Structure

How to Use This Course

Course Faculty

Acknowledgements

Copyright

Disclaimer

Discover Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

The IPT Model and Therapeutic Foundations

Background Theories and Indications

The IPT Model and Therapeutic Foundations

Background

IPT Principles and Structure

Affect, Empathy and Therapeutic Communication

The Therapeutic Alliance

Appreciating Individual Patient Differences: Attachment and Culture

Recognizing and Responding to Trauma

Summary

Check-in Question: IPT I

Check-in Questions: IPT II

Check-in Question: Culture

Check-in Question: Recognizing and Responding to Trauma

Week 2 Quiz

The IPT Beginning Phase

Beginning Phase

Beginning Phase: The Case of Anna

Beginning Phase: The Case of Susan

Beginning Phase: The Case of Ethyl

The IPT Beginning Phase

Goals and Structure of IPT

The Interpersonal Inventory

Psychoeducation

Case Formulation

Choosing the IPT Problem Area

Summary

Check-in Question: Empathic Communication and Psychoeducation

Check-in Questions: Choosing the IPT Problem Area

Week 3 Quiz

The IPT Middle Phase

Pan-focal Middle-Phase Tasks

Middle Phase: The Case of Susan

The IPT Middle Phase

Understanding the IPT Middle Phase

Therapeutic Strategies Used in All Sessions and Focal Areas

Communication Analysis

Conducting a Communication Analysis

Role Play

Clarification, Brainstorming to Problem Solve, Decision Analysis

Summary: IPT Middle-Phase Pan-Focal Tasks

Check-in Question: Connecting with Social Supports

Check-in Question: Communication Analysis

Check-in Questions: Clarification, Brainstorming to Problem Solve, Decision Analysis

Week 4 Quiz

Focus-Specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Grief

Grief

Focus-specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Grief

When to Choose Grief as the IPT Focus

Case Study: David

Grief Case Study: Preparing for the Middle Phase

Grief Case Study: Early Middle-Phase Tasks

Grief: Late Middle-Phase Tasks

Grief Case Study: Middle-Phase Outcomes

Challenges: Complex Grief

Summary

Check-in Question: Preparing for the Middle Phase

Check-in Question: Early Middle Phase

Check-in Question: Late Middle Phase

Week 5 Quiz

Focus-specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Role Transitions

Role Transitions

Focus-Specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Role Transitions

Identifying Significant Role Transitions

Role Transitions: Early Middle-Phase Tasks

Case Study: Lucy

Role Transitions Case Study: Early Middle Phase

Role Transitions: Late Middle-Phase Tasks

Role Transitions Case Study: Middle-Phase Outcomes

Summary

Check-in Question: Preparing for the Middle Phase

Check-in Question: Early Middle Phase

Check-in Questions: Late Middle Phase

Week 6 Quiz

Focus-Specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Role Disputes

Role Disputes

Role Disputes Case Study: Communication Analysis

Role Disputes Case Study: Decision Analysis

Focus-Specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Role Disputes

What Underlies Role Disputes

Role Disputes: Early Middle-Phase Tasks

Role Disputes Case Study: Anna

Role Disputes Case Study: Early Middle-Phase Outcomes

Role Disputes: Late Middle-Phase Tasks

Role Disputes Case Study: Middle-Phase Outcomes

Talking about IPT: Therapist Perspectives

Summary

Check-in Question: Preparing for the Middle Phase

Check-in Question: Staging the Dispute

Week 7 Quiz

Focus-Specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Interpersonal Sensitivity/Loneliness

Interpersonal Sensitivity IPT

Interpersonal Sensitivity Case Study: Middle Phase

Focus-Specific IPT Middle-Phase Tasks: Interpersonal Sensitivity/Loneliness

When to Choose Interpersonal Sensitivity or Loneliness as the IPT Focus

Middle-Phase Tasks

Interpersonal Sensitivity Case Study: Ethyl

Interpersonal Sensitivity Case Study: Middle-Phase Outcomes

Talking about IPT: Therapist Perspectives

Summary

Check-in Question

Check-in Question: Middle-Phase Outcomes

Week 8 Quiz

The IPT Ending Phase

Ending Phase

Ending Phase: The Case of Anna

Ending Phase: The Case of Ethyl

Course Concluding Remarks

The IPT Ending Phase

Managing Feelings and Reactions to Ending Therapy

Criteria for Concluding Treatment and IPT Ending-Phase Tasks

Looking Back, Looking Forward, Processing Feelings and Contingency Planning

Clinical Considerations and Challenges in the Ending Phase

Summary

Closing Remarks

Discover Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

Check-in Questions: Using IPT Middle- Versus Ending-Phase Tasks

Check-in Questions: Ending-Phase Tasks and Therapeutic Statements

Week 9 Quiz

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression MOOC Short Exam

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