Learn IPT
Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

In-Person / Online Training

Discover Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

October 25 – December 2, 2025

This combination of in-person and interactive, online training introduces the theoretical foundations and clinical guidelines for helping patients with depression in the contexts of universal, commonly occurring relational life events that are often associated with the onset or worsening of symptoms. With an emphasis on case-based learning and formative feedback, learners will develop skills to confidently implement IPT in their own practices through a live in person workshop and 2 live webinars and self-directed e-modules.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe IPT phase- and focus-specific therapeutic guidelines for case formulation and for credentialed practitioners, to work through and help patients to cope with relational life events of loss, change, conflict and isolation that are associated with the onset or worsening of depression
  • Use the IPT tasks of conducting interpersonal inventories and communication analyses to reflect with patients on their relationships, and discover ways to improve reciprocity and interpersonal effectiveness in relationships
  • Appreciate and therapeutically respond to individual patient differences, e.g., in attachment patterns of relating and culture

Faculty

Paula Ravitz

Paula Ravitz MD, FRCPC
Program Co-Director
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Zenita Alidina

Zenita Alidina MD, FRCPC
Program Co-Director
Lecturer & IPT Lead, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Post-Graduate Education
Staff Psychiatrist, CAMH & University of Toronto Health and Wellness Centre

Luis Flores Jr. PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Queen’s University

Edward McAnanmara

Edward McAnanama PhD, OT
Psychotherapist, Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy Clinic

Danielle Novak

Danielle Novak PhD
Clinical Psychologist

Holly Swartz

Holly Swartz MD
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Celebrating Teaching Excellence

Program Director Dr. Paula Ravitz is the inaugural recipient of the ISIPT's Klerman & Weissman Award for Excellence in Outreach, Teaching, and Dissemination for her cumulative record of teaching excellence and IPT dissemination impacts.

The award was presented at the 10th ISIPT Conference on March 13, 2024. Learn more.