Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Life Transitions
Roadmap of Top Strategies to Help Clients Navigate Identity Shifts & Relational Changes
- Speaker:
- Lillian Gibson, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
May 14, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150822
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Clients in midlife and beyond frequently find themselves struggling with difficult life changes. Whether retirement, marital shifts, caregiving, health challenges, or bereavement - all transitions include uncertainty and can trigger emotional distress, interpersonal strain, and feelings of loss or disconnection.
Now there’s a roadmap for how to guide your clients through life transitions to emotional wellness!
In this session, Dr. Lillian Gibson – highly recommended speaker and expert in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) – will show you a practical, evidence-based approach for helping clients navigate change while utilizing strategies to strengthen emotional resilience. You’ll learn:
- How to apply the stages of change model to life transitions so clients can set targeted goals
- Tools for identifying patterns in your clients’ relationships that contribute to emotional distress – and what to do about them
- Communication analysis strategies to help clients move forward with greater confidence and connection
Credit
Speaker
Lillian Gibson, PhD Related seminars and products
Lillian Gibson, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience working with clients facing trauma, insomnia, nightmares, race-based traumas, minority stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic medical conditions. In addition to her clinical duties, she serves as a consultant to other licensed clinicians, and supervises psychology and medical residents on “gold star” evidenced-based psychotherapy treatments. Dr. Gibson is a highly recommended speaker, consultant, and clinician who is frequently engaged by non-profit agencies, community-based programs, and mental health agencies to inform and train their staff. Experienced in a variety of settings including inpatient mental health centers, outpatient behavioral care services, and primary care settings. Dr. Gibson’s professional footprints include places such as Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Quality Education for Minorities Network. Dr. Gibson has also conducted international research in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lillian Gibson maintains a private practice and receives compensation as a consultant and speaker. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Lillian Gibson is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Mississippi Psychological Association.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Evaluate how key life transitions interact with the Stages of Change model.
- Identify 3-phases of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) treatment to assist with intervention planning.
- Utilize at least two Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) strategies that can be used as a guide to support clients’ emotional wellness during life transitions.
Outline
Life Transitions in Mid- and Later Life
- Caregiving, retirement, health changes, and other common transitions
- Emotional and interpersonal challenges unique to midlife and beyond
- Stages of change model in life transitions
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Framework as a Clinical Roadmap
- Core principles and problem areas of IPT
- How to engage clients using an IPT model
- The interpersonal inventory to identify supports and stressors
- Communication and decision analysis for navigating roles
- Role-playing to target affective expression
- Strategies to help clients process grief, identity shifts, and relational changes
- How to integrate IPT tools into sessions
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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