Interpersonal psychotherapy in Hungary

Abstract

This chapter discusses interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in Hungary, which started with a grant from the British Know How Fund to the Hungarian government. In Hungary, IPT can be practiced as a psychotherapy only by professionals who have obtained such a specialization and underwent 24 to 26 months of additional training and a minimum of 150 hours of therapy in individual or group settings. Dissemination of IPT in Hungary ranges among general education, professional education, training, supervision, and IPT manuals and training. The chapter then considers the future direction of IPT in Hungary, such as increasing the psychotherapeutic competencies of certified psychotherapists. It then presents a case example of an interpersonal counselling (IPC)-informed intervention.