About Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy

Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) is a time limited and structured 16 session therapy model used to treat anxiety and depression in the context of relationships.

It was developed in recent years by a renowned team of psychoanalysts at the Anna Freud Centre and the Tavistock Clinic in London.

It recognises that difficult experiences in the past can continue to affect the way we feel and behave in the present. This can cause problems in relationships, which can in turn be linked to depression.

An important part of DIT is to identify together a key pattern in your relationships, which then becomes the focus of the therapy. As the pattern may also appear in your relationship with the therapist, your therapist will be interested to hear how you experience them, and to help you understand any concerns you have about therapy.

By understanding these patterns better, clients are empowered to effect changes in the way they deal with current and future relationships, which reduces psychological stress and improves emotional health.