ABSTRACT
Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents (IPT-A) is a comprehensive guide for clinicians. It will enable readers to add IPT-A to their clinical repertoire or to deepen their existing practice of IPT-A, using a time-limited, evidence-based intervention that is engaging for young people.
The guide outlines the structure, skills, and techniques of IPT-A, utilising real-life encounters in the therapy room that reflect the diverse nature of adolescents and young adults who present for therapy. It provides the reader with a bird's-eye view of how IPT-A works. It expands the range of IPT-A clinical tools, techniques, and models to assist the reader to work effectively with a wide range of clients. The book provides a new protocol for the psychological assessment of young people, acknowledging the importance of culture and spirituality alongside the biological, psychological, and social dimensions that have previously comprised assessment. The importance of the clinician forming a transitory attachment relationship with the client is emphasised throughout.
The target audience for this book is mental health clinicians, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health nurses, occupational therapists, general practitioners with a mental health focus, and students from these professions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|116 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|13 pages
Introduction and orientation to this guide
chapter 2|33 pages
A model of holistic assessment
chapter 3|25 pages
Attachment in young people
chapter 4|43 pages
Clinical techniques
part II|41 pages
The Initial Phase of IPT-A
chapter 5|39 pages
The Initial Phase of IPT-A
part III|154 pages
The Middle Phase of IPT-A
chapter 6|8 pages
The Middle Phase of IPT-A
chapter 7|36 pages
Complex Grief
chapter 8|36 pages
Interpersonal Disputes
chapter 9|37 pages
Role Transition
chapter 10|35 pages
Interpersonal Gaps
part IV|24 pages
Consolidation Phase of IPT-A
chapter 11|16 pages
Conclusion of Acute Treatment
chapter 12|6 pages
Continuation and Maintenance Therapy
part V|7 pages
Closing thoughts