Abstract

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (1986) recommends that psychotherapy be part of training in general psychiatry. The College suggests weekly specialist supervision with two individual patients for at least one year.

Highlights

  • The Royal College of Psychiatrists (1986) recom mends that psychotherapy be part of training in general psychiatry

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Summary

First steps in psychotherapy

SUSANNGERIFFIN,Registrar in Child and Family Psychiatry, The Tavistock Clinic, London NW3. The Royal College of Psychiatrists (1986) recom mends that psychotherapy be part of training in general psychiatry. The College suggests weekly specialist supervision with two individual patients for at least one year. As a Senior House Officer, training in general psychiatry, I saw six patients for weekly individual psychotherapeutic work, some with and some with out supervision. I describe not so much the cases (altered anyway for the sake of confidentiality) but more my experience in three settings: a day unit in a general hospital department of psychiatry, a longstay ward in an old-fashioned mental hospital and a modern, self-contained psychiatric day hospital

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