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Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis

Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis. Chapter 7. Interpersonal Therapies. A Sketch of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Developed in early 1970’s by Gerald Klerman & colleagues Originally intended as treatment for depression Established in the research heritage

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Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis

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  1. Systems of Psychotherapy:A Transtheoretical Analysis Chapter 7. Interpersonal Therapies

  2. A Sketch of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) • Developed in early 1970’s by Gerald Klerman & colleagues • Originally intended as treatment for depression • Established in the research heritage • Myrna Weisssman & John Markowitz updated treatment manual after Klerman’s death

  3. Theory of Personality • There is not a detailed theory of personality • Substitutes stable interpersonal patterns for stable personality patterns • Therapy designed to alter interpersonal patterns developed early in life • Healthy relationships early in life predispose healthy relationships later in life

  4. Theory of Psychopathology • Relationships affect mood, & mood affects relationships • Interpersonal disruption causes & results from depression • Disorders surface when situational stressors expose inability to cope

  5. 4 Major Interpersonal Problems • Interpersonal losses (e.g., a loved one) • Disputes (incompatible expectations of a relationship) • Transitions (e.g., loss of job) • Deficits (trouble forming & maintaining relationships)

  6. IPT is • Time-limited • Focused • About current relats • Interpersonal • Interpersonal • Improving relationships • Identifying assets • Learning how to cope IPT is not • Long-term • Open-ended • About past relationships • Intrapsychic • Cognitive/behavioral • Achieving insight • Identifying defenses • Curing the problem

  7. Therapeutic Processes • Consciousness raising, catharsis, and conditional stimuli predominate • Short-term, present-oriented therapy • Therapist remains focused on primary problem • No ideological hesitation to use medication; compatible with combined treatment

  8. Brief IPT • 12- to 16-week duration • Weekly face to face • Present–oriented • Focus on recovery (not character change) • Provides protection against reemergence of symptoms

  9. Therapeutic Content Intrapersonal Conflicts • Anxieties & defenses • Self-esteem • Responsibility Interpersonal Conflicts • Intimacy & sexuality • Communication • Hostility • Control

  10. Therapeutic Content (cont.) Indivduo-Social Conflicts • Adjustment versus transcendence • Impulse control Beyond Conflict to Fulfillment • Meaning

  11. Therapeutic Relationship • Patient advocate, not neutral commentator • Therapist assumes expert role • Not a manifestation of transference • IPT rarely analyzes the interpersonal relationship in psychotherapy • Therapist expresses empathy & warmth but not unconditional acceptance

  12. Practicalities of IPT • Best conducted by those with favorable attitude toward short-term tx & no theoretical attachment • IPT typically 12-16 weeks in duration • Therapist adheres to treatment manual • Disposed toward cost-efficient formats & combining therapy with medication

  13. A Major Alterative: Transactional Analysis (TA) Personality is structured into 3 ego states • Parent: both nurturing & controlling; copied from parents in childhood • Child: impulsive & stimulus-bound state; present since childhood • Adult: information gathering, data processing, & decision making

  14. Games • Have overt social meanings & covert psychological meanings • Complex series of ulterior transactions progress to a psychological payoff • Psychological payoff are feelings such as guilt, depression, or anger • Examples: Kiss off, Kick me

  15. Therapeutic Process • TA helps clients achieve increased consciousness • Increased consciousness allows clients to choose ego state & life position • Frequently combined with systems theory in couple/family treatment • Combined with Gestalt to form redecision therapy

  16. Effectiveness of IPT • Tested in hundreds of RCTs • Effective for treatment of mood, eating, and anxiety disorders (but not substance abuse) • Exhibits prophylactic effect for recurrence of mood disorders • As effective as medication alone, but combination tx has lower relapse likelihood

  17. Criticisms of IPT • From a Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective (similar to CBT, no need for new label) • From a Psychoanalytic Perspective (no theory, no relationship, no goals, only symptom alleviation) • From a Humanistic Perspective (TA strengthens fragmentation) • From a Cultural Perspective (too individualistic, lack of diversity) • From an Integrative Perspective (too common, lacks passion and depth)

  18. Future Directions of IPT • Increasingly popular orientation (while TA waning) • Broadened to other age groups and disorders • Compatible and concurrent with pharmacotherapy • Briefer IPT rendered by nurse practitioners

  19. Key Terms attachment styles bibliotherapy combined treatment dissolution ego state expressed emotion (EE) games (people play) impasse interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) interpersonal school of psychoanalysis life positions NIMH Collaborative Treatment Study Parent-Adult-Child (PAC) participant-observer payoff primary problem area

  20. Key Terms (Cont.) randomized clinical trials (RCTs) redecision therapy renegotiation ritual role disputes role transitions stroking structural analysis switch transactional analysis (TA) transactions

  21. Recommended Websites • Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute: www.iptinstitute.com/ • International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy: www.interpersonalpsychotherapy.org/ • International Transactional Analysis Association: www.itaa-net.org/ • Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research (SITAR): www.sitarsociety.org/ • United States of America Transactional Analysis Association: www.usataa.org/

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