We believe our patients here at Fox Fern ADHD Clinic are special. If you have found our clinic and feel a connection to the way we emphasize deep and lifelong mental health education, then you may be interested in receiving some legitimate therapy training.
Receiving training in therapy may seem unorthodox but sometimes the best way to learn something is to imagine yourself teaching it to others.
Our patients are uniquely educated and well-informed and we want to make a variety of resources available to you.
<aside> 🧠With that in mind, we are offering our patients an opportunity to take a free 8-hour training course in Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT).
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Registration for this training includes:
Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) is a therapeutic approach developed specifically to target depression and bipolar disorder. It combines psychoeducation, behavioral strategy to regularize daily routines, and interpersonal psychotherapy which helps patients cope better with relationship problems. The added emphasis on social rhythms and maintaining a regular schedule can have a regulatory effect on mood swings. In particular, emphasis is placed on setting a regular bedtime and prioritizing sleep, meal planning, exercise, and social interaction.
IPSRT builds off the success of interpersonal therapy because the basic problems with relationships that underlie unipolar depression also pose challenges for people with bipolar depression. Researchers also believe the disruption of daily rhythms, especially sleep patterns, can contribute to both unipolar and bipolar depression. To address this challenge, practitioners borrow techniques from social rhythm therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help individuals maintain their healthy routines and coping strategies even when facing stressful life events or disruptions.
IPSRT, like interpersonal therapy, starts by narrowing in on the relationship aspects of one’s life that contribute to symptom severity. In addition to the four basic problems that interpersonal therapy focuses on, IPSRT identifies “grief for the lost healthy self” as a potential contributor to mood problems.
In addition to identifying underlying interpersonal problems, IPSRT also works to identify an individual’s routine, or lack of routines, and encourages the individual to establish and maintain consistent structure.  There is an emphasis on prioritizing activities necessary for basic health maintenance, such as meal times, exercise, and especially going to bed and waking up at regular times. In addition, individuals are encouraged to add activities that help boost mood and improve social connectedness, such as regularly spending time with friends and family. The individual and therapist will work together to identify disruptive triggers that interfere with routines, such as travel or shift work, and develop strategies to cope with them.