Am J Psychiatry 1981; 138:167-171
Copyright © 1981 by American Psychiatric Association
Learning dynamic psychotherapy in psychiatric training
L Shulman
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.
