The general purpose of training in IPT-G skills is to equip the students with skills and knowledge that will enhance their performance while implementing IPT-G intervention. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: Gain skills for facilitating groups and group members’ functioning by applying key concepts and principles of interpersonal dynamics and group processes; Formulate a diagnostic summary of IPT group processes at different phases of the group’s progress; Critically analyze the role of the group facilitator and the impact of IPT-G; Identify the ongoing dynamics of groups from various theoretical frameworks of IPT-G at different phases of group progress;
