An Illustration of Interpersonal Psychotherapy forPerinatal Depression

This is a case of a 38-year-old married woman presenting with major depressive disorder one month after the birth of her thirdchild. The depressive episode began in the context of interpersonal difficulties with her husband. In addition, she was alsobattling an internal conflict of continuing to pursue her career dream as an obstetrician and fulfilling her responsibility as a wifeand a mother. Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) was selected as the treatment choice as an evidence-based peripartumtreatment that could specifically address the two presenting problem areas, i.e., marital interpersonal dispute and role transition.This paper provides an illustration of IPT sessions conducted with verbatim selections of the sessions.