Interpersonal Psychotherapy Training for Anxiety and Depression

Thursday, April 4, 2013
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
CE or CME: 7 credits

Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine
La Jolla, California

Fees

• ADAA Members — $95 (includes professionals, trainees, postdoctoral fellows, residents, and students)
• Nonmembers — $200

Registration

• Register online today.

Registration for the ADAA 2013 Anxiety Disorders and Depression Conference, April 4–7, is not required to attend this preconference, full-day workshop on interpersonal psychotherapy training.

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• To register for the ADAA Institute and the ADAA Annual Conference, choose 2013 Anxiety Disorders and Depression Conference April 4-7, and follow all the steps.

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About Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a brief evidence-based psychotherapy originally developed for the treatment of depression. Extensive studies have demonstrated its efficacy in the treatment of a number of mood and other disorders in adults, adolescents, and older adults in various clinical and community settings. Read more about IPT.

Program: Workshop on IPT

A full-day training workshop designed to give all mental health professionals the fundamentals of this psychotherapy with a focus on incorporating it into clinical practice. The workshop is divided into two parts, but registration is for the full day; participants may request CE or CME credits.

Introduction to IPT I: Basic Concepts and Strategies

The morning will be spent discussing the research base, structure, and techniques in individual and group modalities. Case vignettes will illustrate the phases of the treatment.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to...

1. Discuss the historical and theoretical background and research evidence for IPT.
2. Describe basic principles, strategies, and techniques of individual IPT for depression.
3. Demonstrate group adaptations of IPT.

Introduction to IPT II: Practice Core IPT Strategies and Techniques
Prerequisite: Introduction to IPT I

The focus in the afternoon will be demonstrating how to adapt IPT for specific populations, including adolescents and adults. Participants will practice core techniques of IPT through role-play.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to...

1. Apply core IPT techniques.
2. Plan content and delivery adaptations of IPT for adolescents and older adults.
3. Discuss application of IPT to their patient population.

Workshop Presenters

Kathleen Clougherty, MSW, LCSW
Adjunct Faculty, Columbia School of Social Work Columbia University

Kathleen Clougherty has been a co-developer, on-site trainer and supervisor in several major international IPT studies, including adaptation of group IPT for depressed men and women in southwest Uganda, and for depressed adolescents in IDP camps in northern Uganda; and adaptation of individual IPT for men and women in rural India. She has done extensive training and supervision nationally and internationally for social workers, psychiatrists, and psychologists.

Ms. Clougherty serves as an IPT supervisor for the Complicated Grief Treatment Program at Columbia University, and in her private practice she specializes in the treatment of depression in adolescents and adults.

Lena Verdeli, PhD
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology
Teachers College, Columbia University

Lena Verdeli's research focuses on treatment and prevention of mood disorders through psychotherapy, and it involves the use of IPT as a preventive and therapeutic intervention for mood disorders in adolescents and adults. She has received a number of federal and foundation grants.

In collaboration with academic and humanitarian groups in the U.S. and abroad, Dr. Verdeli played a major role in the cultural modification of IPT for use in depressed adults in South Uganda, depressed adolescents in refugee camps in North Uganda (many of whom were children soldiers), and distressed patients in primary care in Goa, India. She has trained large numbers of mental health providers from a number of regions around the world.