Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

t
, 31
t
, 94, 
108, 126
drug  abuse/ dependence. 
See
 substance 
abuse/ dependence
duty to warn and duty to protect, 133
eclectic therapy, 132, 140
emotions/ feelings. 
See also
 affect; anger; 
normalization of affect; sadness; 
validating feelings
eliciting patient’s, 40, 65, 69– 70, 75– 76, 
111, 126, 141, 146
exploring options for expressing, 70
learning that they are not dangerous, 49
life events and, 148
resisting the temptation to interrupt, 69
as useful signals about one’s 
situation, 149
verbalizing, 74
exposure  therapy/ exposure- based 
treatment, xi, 1– 3, 47– 48. 
See 
also
 Prolonged Exposure; trauma 
reminders/ traumatic  reminders
vs. IPT, 47– 48, 48
t
fault. 
See
 blaming; self- blame
fear- extinction  paradigm, 2, 3
feelings. 
See
 affect; emotions/ feelings
Foa, Edna, 10, 11
formulation, offering the patient a, 39– 40, 
44, 59– 61
case material, 81, 88– 89, 101– 2, 110– 11
Frank, Jerome, 65
grief, 39, 68, 105, 149. 
See also
 
complicated  grief/ complicated 
bereavement
habituation, x, 73
Hembree, Elizabeth, 11
history taking, 39, 43, 57, 58. 
See also
 
interpersonal inventory
homework, 48
t
, 62, 104, 140, 150
hope, clinical, 42, 59, 61, 64, 67, 85, 
132, 148
hypervigilance, interpersonal, 4, 31
t
,  
50– 51,  66, 80, 94
initial phase of IPT, 56. 
See also
  
IPT- PTSD: setting the framework 
for treatment; PTSD: diagnosis of; 
symptomatic relief
goals of, 43– 44, 56, 64– 67, 67
t
International Society for Interpersonal 
Psychotherapy, 142, 143
interpersonal aspects and features of 
PTSD,  3– 4. 
See also specific  
topics
interpersonal  consequences/ aftereffects   
of  trauma, 50– 51
focusing on, 50
interpersonal deficits, 39, 44– 46, 54, 70
interpersonal focus, choice of, 54
interpersonal functioning 
getting an overall sense of patient’s, 89
trauma and, 52
interpersonal interactions in patient’s 
daily life, treatment focus 
on, 61– 62
interpersonal inventory, 41, 43,  
57– 60, 80, 95, 101, 135. 
See also
 
history taking
goals  of, 58– 59
interpersonal options, recognizing and 
exploring (alternative), 41– 42, 44, 
70, 73– 77, 83, 85, 91, 96– 97, 103– 4, 
112– 15, 133
interpersonal problem areas, 39. 
See also
 
complicated  grief/ complicated 
bereavement; interpersonal 
deficits; role disputes; role 
transition(s)

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I n D E x  163
IPT (Interpersonal Psychotherapy), x. 
See also specific topics
background, 36– 37
exposure and, 18, 19
f
future  of, 145– 46
general competence in, 143
goals of, 78
how it works, 51– 52, 149– 50
mixing other treatment elements/ 
modalities with, 140
phases of, 43– 46. 
See also
 initial phase 
of IPT; middle phase of IPT; 
termination phase of IPT
principles of, 37– 42, 148
training in, 142
what it doesn’t do, 150
IPT manuals, vii, xi, 8, 36– 37, 47, 68, 79, 
138, 143– 45
IPT- PTSD (Interpersonal Psychotherapy 
for posttraumatic stress disorder) 
adapting IPT for PTSD, 47– 55
reasons  for, 7– 8
setting the framework for 
treatment, 61– 64
studies of IPT for chronic PTSD, 4, 5