John C. Markowitz, MD received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and his psychiatric residency training at the Payne Whitney Clinic of Cornell University/New York Hospital in New York. He had the fortune to work with the two founders of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT): the late Gerald L. Klerman, MD at Cornell, and Myrna M. Weissman, PhD at Columbia University. Currently, he is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons and a Research Psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Markowitz has spent decades studying the effects of psychotherapies and medications in the treatment of depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and other foundations.

"This solid text includes many very useful examples." -- D. C. Marston, CHOICE

"John Markowitz, a renowned authority on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), offers a clear and practical guide, showing how this common-sense, evidence-based psychotherapy can greatly alleviate anxiety, depression and PTSD, the most common psychological disturbances following major societal upheavals such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Health-care practitioners and policy planners will benefit from the wisdom, insights, strategies, and techniques in these pages." -- Joel Yager, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine

"An exceptionally insightful book on one of the major catastrophes to affect humankind, bringing IPT into the forefront of the psychological sequelae of this devastating crisis. The most helpful psychotherapy book so far on the pandemic." -- Peter Fonagy, OBE, FMedSci, FBA, PhD, Head, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London