Web Based Therapist Training in Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression

The National Institutes of Mental Health has identified the use of empirically based mental health treatments (i.e., treatments with research supporting efficacy) as a priority, yet there is a shortage of clinicians trained in these approaches. This study develops an on-line therapist training program for Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), a particularly well-researched yet particularly little disseminated, empirically based treatment, in order to facilitate wider dissemination of this approach.