Interpersonal Psychotherapy

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This course will focus on the theoretical underpinnings of interpersonal psychotherapy-based on cognitive, social, interpersonal, and constructionist theory. It is a general-purpose, evidence-based approach. Theoretical changes to the applications have been associated with the following theorists: (1) E. Frank & J. C. Levenson: introduction to interpersonal therapy–the APA position; (2) Harry Stack Sullivan: origins of interpersonal therapy I; (3) Timothy Leary: origins of interpersonal therapy II–the circumplex; (4) Robert C. Carson, origins of interpersonal therapy III–social psychology; (5) D. R. Peterson: functional analysis; (6) Jeremy Safran & Zindel Segal: cognitive interpersonal theory; (7) Myrna Weissman, John Markowitz, & Gerald Klerman: current interpersonal therapy; (8) Judith Jordan: relational-cultural therapy; (9) Jerome Bruner: cultural psychology and interpersonal psychotherapy. Case presentations on how interpersonal psychotherapy can be used for particular disorders will be included.