Abstract
The Royal College of Psychiatrists classifies group psychotherapy as required experience for psychotherapy training as part of general psychiatric training (Grant et al, 1993). This is defined as group experience in in-patient and/or out-patient settings, with an experienced co-therapist and/or supervision. Previous surveys estimate that the percentage of trainees gaining such experience ranges from only 9% (Arnott et al, 1993) to 58% (Hwang & Drummond, 1996). The limited duration of psychiatric training does not allow experience in all types of psychotherapy and trainees must therefore be selective in respect to their own training, depending on what is available.
Highlights
Training in group psychotherapy may be more valuable to trainees than other psychotherapy experience in considering the nature of modern psychiatric practice
The presentations were typical of patients referred for long-term psychotherapy, with diagnoses of chronic affective, neurotic and personality disorders
The group, which was closed in design, ran weekly for 16 months with sessions lasting 75 minutes
Summary
The Royal College of Psychiatrists classifies group psychotherapy as required experience for psychotherapy training as part of general psy chiatric training (Grant et al, 1993). This is defined as group experience in in-patient and/ or out-patient settings, with an experienced cotherapist and/or supervision. Training in group psychotherapy may be more valuable to trainees than other psychotherapy experience in considering the nature of modern psychiatric practice. I describe my own experi ence of group analytic therapy as co-facilitator of an out-patient group for psychiatric patients. The presentations were typical of patients referred for long-term psychotherapy, with diagnoses of chronic affective, neurotic and personality disorders. My supervision and teaching consisted of a weekly meeting with the consultant
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