Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) Online
What is IPT?
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) focuses on how our mood impacts our relationships with others, and how our relationships with others impacts our mood.
From an Interpersonal Therapy perspective, symptoms common in depression, are often a result of difficulties we have in past and current relationships. Challenging interpersonal relationships may lead to low mood, agitation, sense of failure, poor sleep and withdrawal (common symptoms of depression). These symptoms can in turn, negatively impact our relationships, causing a vicious cycle.
Interpersonal therapy sees depression as a treatable condition, either through talking therapy alone or together with anti-depressant medication. A visual timeline of important events is often employed to help you make sense of how your earlier experiences may have impacted your mood and relationships, and how the latter two have interacted.
Your IPT therapist will help you to identify people in your life who you may able to turn to for support, build better relationships with and in turn, alleviate symptoms of depression. They will also help you to set clear goals so that you have a shared understanding about how you would like things to be different in your life and what you would like to get from therapy.
Interpersonal Therapy for depression and low mood is especially helpful for people experiencing these symptoms in the context of:
- Bereavement / Grief (sadness experienced, often after the death of a loved one)
- Relationship Difficulties (e.g. with a partner, friend, colleague)
- Sensitivities (e.g. difficulties making and maintaining relationships
- Life transitions (e.g. becoming a parent, changing jobs, retirement, development of an illness).
In summary, IPT aims to help you understand the links between symptoms of low mood in the context of your past and present relationships, and think about ways of drawing on social support to help you manage and work through whichever of the above four focal areas is troubling you.
At Counselling Psychology Online, we are trained therapists of Interpersonal Therapy. We are based in London, Surrey, Kent, Somerset and Stoke, although we mainly meet with our clients online.
Do you have questions?
It's not unusual to have questions about what type(s) of therapy may be suitable for you.
We're here to help. Please don't hesitate to get in touch so we can discuss what might help you.
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E)
- Person-Centred Therapy (PCT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Psychosynthesis Therapy
- Transactional Analysis Therapy (TA)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)
- Structural Clinical Management (SCM)
Frequently Asked Questions
We get asked a lot of questions regarding our Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), so we thought it would be helpful to share some of our most commonly asked questions below. Please email [email protected] for any other questions, or to get started today.
What is IPT an abbreviation of?
IPT stands for Interpersonal Therapy. It is a type of talking therapy based on the the interactions between unhelpful relationships with people in your life and unhelpful and unwanted feelings and thoughts. It aims to focus on your relationships, with a view to improve your emotional wellbeing.
How do I know if Interpersonal Therapy is right for me?
IPT is often most helpful for people who are experiencing low mood in the context of relationship difficulties, grief, going through a life transition, or have difficulties making and maintaining relationships. Your therapist will carry out a detailed assessment before determining your treatment plan. Following this, together you can decided whether if IPT Therapy is the right course of treatment for you.
How do I begin IPT?
Simply get in touch with Counselling Psychology Online by emailing [email protected]. The next step will be arranging an initial assessment to determine if this is the best treatment for you. If it is agreed that IPT may be a helpful approach, a bespoke therapy plan will be written up and your IPT therapy will begin, or we will discuss alternative treatments which we believe may be more suitable for you.
What do I need to start my Online Interpersonal Therapy with Counselling Psychology Online?
You will need access to the internet and a device which can connect to the internet. This can be your mobile phone, laptop, desktop or tablet. It’s your choice whether to join by video, or just audio. We also feel that it’s important you are in a safe and private environment where others are not listening in.
Counselling Psychology Online: Interpersonal Therapy for Depression and Low Mood
For further information, or to begin your interpersonal therapy for depression or low mood, please contact us today. Working with all clients including children, adolescents, couples, adults and families, Counselling Psychology Online provides bespoke therapies for a wide range of difficulties.
Answers to our most commonly asked questions can be found on our FAQ page.
