The Psychiatric Resident as Participant Therapist
HAROLD ROSEN PH.D., M.D.1, and
LEO H. BARTEMEIER M.D.2
1 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. 21205
2 Medical Director, the Seton Psychiatric Institute, 6420 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, Md. 21215
Psychotherapy sessions conducted jointly by psychiatric residents and their supervisors can be a valuable learning and teaching experience for both. The authors describe such a training center program, outlining areas of possible difficulty unique to the resident-supervisor arrangement.