Biomedical subjects

D A Misch

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PubMed2000

Great expectations: mistaken beliefs of beginning psychodynamic psychotherapists.

Beginning psychotherapists often have mistaken assumptions about what it is that constitutes good psychotherapy and a good psychotherapist. These mistaken beliefs are counterproductive and may inhibit the development of appropriate psychotherapeutic skills as well as delay, or even prevent, the acquisition of an appropriate identity as a psychotherapist. This paper explores six common mistaken beliefs on the part of neophyte psychotherapists, providing a basis for exploration and discussion of key developmental issues in the genesis of a competent psychotherapist.

Humans↗

PubMed2000

Basic strategies of dynamic supportive therapy.

Supportive therapy is the psychotherapeutic approach employed with the majority of mentally ill individuals. Nevertheless, most mental health professional training programs dedicate little time and effort to the teaching and learning of supportive therapy, and many mental health professionals are unable to clearly and concisely articulate the nature or process of supportive work. Although supportive therapy incorporates many specific techniques from a wide variety of psychotherapy schools, it can be conceptualized as consisting of a more limited number of underlying strategies. The fundamental strategies that underpin effective supportive therapy with mentally ill individuals are described.

Adaptation, Psychological↗