When It Is Used
Use it when the treatment focus is clear enough to become an intended interpersonal change the client can try outside the session.
Goal-Directed Action Plan for Interpersonal Change
Goal-Directed Action Plan is an IPT action-planning tool for practitioners and clients working together. It helps translate an identified interpersonal problem area into a specific intended change, concrete next steps, fit notes, and a later review focus.
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Tool guide
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Review Over Time
Completed plans persist with review status so a later session can compare the intended change with what the client reports happened, descriptively and without automated scoring.
Does this replace a task manager?
No. It is limited to IPT-relevant interpersonal action planning and does not manage unrelated tasks, due dates, reminders, or productivity statuses.
Can the plan stay unfinished?
Yes. Partial plans remain drafts with missing elements visible until the problem area, intended change, next steps, and review focus are specific enough.
Does the tool judge whether the plan worked?
No. Follow-up review records what happened descriptively. The system does not score success or failure.