ABSTRACT
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited, dynamically informed psychotherapy which aims to alleviate patients’ suffering and improve their interpersonal functioning. IPT focuses specifically on interpersonal relationships as a means of bringing about change, with the goal of helping patients to either improve their interpersonal relationships or change their expectations about them. In addition, the treatment also aims to assist patients to improve their social support networks so that they can better manage their current interpersonal distress.
