Interpersonal Therapy

Interpersonal therapy (IPT) is a talking therapy that focuses on your relationships and how they affect how you feel. With the therapist, you look at a current issue, such as a conflict, a big life change or a loss, and practise new ways of handling it. It usually runs for a set number of weekly sessions. There is good evidence that IPT helps low mood, and UK and WHO guidance list it as a first option; for anxiety and grief the evidence is limited: see “Interpersonal therapy: what the research says”.