This is the Chapter 5 of the book The Individual (de Bruin, E., 1st Edition). Which is content for the exam of the Theory component of Module 4 (The Individual) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands.

Chapter 5:

Interpersonal therapies

Interpersonal: what happens between (inter) two persons

Historical roots:

• Sullivan: political role (early supporter gay/ lesbian rights).

• Importance relationships outside the family
• Emotional difficulties reflected limitations person’s ability interact effectively with others
• Consensual validation: develop understanding events talking to others were involved event --> arrive shared vision of events

Interpersonal psychotherapy:

• Sullivan’s view: address ways in which psychiatric condition affects their relationships with others, to better cope with the condition --> eliminates responsibility
• Phases interpersonal psychotherapy:

1. Collect information --> enable therapist construct interpersonal formulation of client’s problem

• Interpersonal inventory: detailed interview where current/ past significant interpersonal relationships systematically discussed
• Core interpersonal domains:

• Grief/ complicated bereavement: difficulties following death close one
• Role dispute: unsatisfying/ conflictual relationship with different expectations from both parties
•  Role transition: difficulty cope changes in life
• Interpersonal deficits: history of difficult relationships

2. Sustained exploration of one of the issues
3. Ending/ termination: aim to consolidate learning/ change (consider what to do if difficulties re-emerge future)

Functional analytic psychotherapy:

• Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP): behaviourally orientated form of interpersonal therapy, client exhibits behaviour in relationship therapist --> awareness interpersonally client/ therapist --> constructive relating that can be generalised real-life relationships

• Clinically relevant behaviours (CRBs): significant in-sesssion cline interpersonal responses
• Bridging worksheets: client reflect pervious session, identify agenda following session, observe own behaviour in the intervening period.
• Therapeutic love: increases likelihood client exhibits CRBs
• ACL model of behaviour:

• Awareness: behaviours centred observing needs/ values both participants
• Courage: Able experience emotion presence of other
• Love: responsive to needs/ emotions other, accept their vulnerability