Interpersonal psychotherapy in the treatment of eating disorders

An eating disorder-specific model of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-ED): Causal pathways and treatment implications

“…IPT originated as a standardized form of interpersonally-oriented psychotherapy for use in treatment outcome research on depression (Birchall, 1999;Swartz, 1999;Tantleff-Dunn, Gokee-LaRose, & Peterson, 2004;Weissman, 2007). As with CBT, IPT is typically implemented as a time-limited treatment, consisting of 12 to 20 sessions spanning four to six months (Birchall, 1999;Wilson, 2005). IPT is well tolerated by patients and is easily learned by competent therapists (Birchall, 1999;Crafti, 2002;Tantleff-Dunn et al, 2004).…”

“…As with CBT, IPT is typically implemented as a time-limited treatment, consisting of 12 to 20 sessions spanning four to six months (Birchall, 1999;Wilson, 2005). IPT is well tolerated by patients and is easily learned by competent therapists (Birchall, 1999;Crafti, 2002;Tantleff-Dunn et al, 2004). Although the therapist is less directive in IPT than in the behavioral therapies (Apple, 1999), IPT itself is a focused intervention (with a focus on the interrelatedness of interpersonal problems and psychological symptoms) and in this way has come to differentiate itself from traditional, supportive psychotherapy (Tantleff-Dunn et al, 2004).…”