At a time when psychiatric training is undergoing major shifts in
response to social and economic pressures, it is crucial to preserve the
trainee's opportunity to learn the techniques of dynamic psychotherapy. The
author describes the course of the treatment of a patient to illustrate the
way in which the central psychological issue had to be learned by sitting
with her through the evolution of its discovery. This process of
independent, experimental learning is crucial for the trainee's development
of a sound and flexible understanding of the basic principles of
psychodynamics.
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