Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Veterans: Therapist Guide
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 2014 · 116 pages · For therapists and trainees delivering IPT for depression
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A complete therapist guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depression, adapted for veterans as part of the VA's national evidence-based psychotherapy rollout. It walks through the full 16-session protocol across the four IPT problem areas (grief, role disputes, role transitions, interpersonal deficits) and devotes nearly half its pages to six extended case vignettes with session dialogue.
Clinicians use it because it ties every session to PHQ-9 progress monitoring and shows exactly what the interpersonal formulation sounds like in the room.
Run it with these materials
Grief and relationship worksheets cover the four IPT problem areas, and the free PHQ-9 is the same measure the manual scores at every session.
This manual is a publication of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Therapy Resource is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, its publisher. The summary above is our own; always follow the manual itself and your clinical judgment. If you are in crisis, contact 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or call 911.