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Challenges faced by older people include losses of loved ones through death; declining health, mobility, and function of the five senses; loss of independence; diminishing cognitive ability; and the struggle with Erik Erikson’s final two stages of life, namely generativity versus stagnation and ego integrity versus despair. Those who dedicate their energies to helping the elderly meet these challenges will be well served by the toolbox of techniques within the rubric of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). This chapter will serve as a brief overview of IPT principles, a review of the extant scientific literature on its efficacy in late life, and case vignettes to illustrate how it was used for each of the four foci of IPT, namely, role transition, grief, role disputes, and interpersonal deficit.
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