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interpersonal therapy

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noun

  1. a type of psychotherapy that focuses on conflicts in one's personal relationships.


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The guidelines underline the strong evidence base for well-established first-line treatments, including a number of medications, as well as psychological treatments such as cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy and behavioural activation.

From Science Daily May 8, 2024

Other types are interpersonal therapy, behavioural activation, psychodynamic psychotherapy and couples therapy.

From The Guardian Jun. 4, 2018

Another well-validated approach, interpersonal therapy, helps women shore up their social support networks and build communication skills.

From Slate Jan. 23, 2018

"In the clinical care of young people with major depressive disorder, clinical guidelines recommend psychotherapy -- especially cognitive behavioral therapy or interpersonal therapy -- as the first-line treatment," said study author Dr. Andrea Cipriani.

From US News Jun. 8, 2016

By then competing psychotherapeutic theories and approaches had begun to spring up, among them ego psychology, self-psychology, the object-relations school, interpersonal therapy and existential therapy.

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