Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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success experiences, 51, 65– 66, 68, 71, 74, 
76, 85, 122, 126
suicide/ suicidality, 57, 68, 
130– 32
, 137
case material, 80, 100, 119
IPT approach to, 131
supervision, 133– 34
support. 
See also
 social support
providing, 71
survivor, idea of being a, 66, 77, 126
survivor guilt, 33
sympathy, 40, 59, 64, 71, 73, 75– 76, 
101, 150
symptomatic relief, initial, 52, 56,  
64– 69
symptoms, life events and, 148
symptom- specific reflective function. 
See
 
reflective function
telephone contacts, 137
termination phase of IPT, 46, 48, 
63, 
125– 28
case material, 86, 93– 94, 105, 117, 123
sadness during, 46, 86, 126
tasks of, 125
consolidating gains, 46, 125– 26
emotionally acknowledging the end 
of treatment, 126
next  steps, 126– 28
thematic continuity, 63, 77– 78, 132, 
138, 140
thematic  issues, 77– 78
therapeutic alliance, 34, 43, 64, 67, 75
therapeutic modalities, 1– 3, 15
t
blending, 140
common factors across, 64– 65, 65
t
therapeutic poise, 49, 65, 132– 33, 143
therapeutic stance, 42– 43, 77– 78, 88, 
128, 131
therapists 
abuse by previous, 59, 136
information they will want to 
know, 148– 49
technical competence, 12, 142– 43
therapist’s adherence to treatment. 
See
 
adherence of therapist
therapy, previous 
inquiring about, 43, 59, 136
portion of PTSD patients who have had 
various types of, 15
t
therapy sessions. 
See
 IPT sessions
time- limited approach to therapy, 
42– 44, 65
advantages of, 34
transgression, 70, 83, 121. 
See also
 abuse 
by previous therapists
trauma, ix, xx. 
See also
 life events; 
September 11 attacks
defined, ix

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interpersonal aftereffects of, focusing 
on the, 50
types  of, 27– 29
trauma reminders/ traumatic reminders, 
x– xi, 22, 23, 30
t
, 48
t
, 48
f
,  51– 52, 
146. 
See also
 exposure therapy/ 
exposure- based  treatment
not encouraging exposure to, 22, 23, 
52, 78, 140
treatability of PTSD, reassuring patient of 
the, 33, 38, 48, 57, 67, 147, 148. 
See 
also
 PTSD: as a medical illness
treatment progress, ratings to assess, 
139, 150
treatment sessions. 
See
 IPT sessions
validating feelings, 66, 70, 72, 76. 
See 
also
 anger: validating and 
normalizing
violence,  132– 33. 
See also
 suicide
war trauma, 29
Weissman, Myrna M., vii, 36– 38, 143
World Trade Center attack. 
See
 
September 11 attacks

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