Interactional Therapy: Prospects for treating mental health conditions

Abstract

This practice-oriented article proposes Interactional Therapy (IT) for the treatment of mental health conditions. A case example illustrates the IT application and purpose. From this example, IT appears to be of incremental advantage for treating mental health conditions. Additionally, a wider adoption of IT might enable further studies on its treatment efficacy.

Keywords:

• interactional diagnosis
• Interactional Pattern Analysis (IPA)
• Interactional Therapy (IT)
• intervention
• mental health
• psychotherapy

Acknowledgement

I wish to acknowledge Dr Alda De Wet, Clinical Psychologist in private practice, for her invaluable comments on the manuscript

ORCID

Kobus du Plooy http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2573-5866