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The supervisory needs of neophyte psychotherapy trainees
Author(s) -
Duryee John,
Brymer Melissa,
Gold Kenneth
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199611)52:6<663::aid-jclp8>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , applied psychology , medical education , medicine
This article focuses on the difficulties facing the neophyte trainee in the field of psychotherapy. Three areas of such difficulties are identified, defined, and discussed: feelings of inadequacy and incompetence, anxieties concerning supervisors, and confusion concerning multiple theoretical views of clinical work. Two vignettes from the early training of the paper's junior authors illustrate and discuss these problems and their resolution in applied contexts. A conclusion is offered which emphasizes the value of supervisory recognition of these dimensions of trainees' experience, as well as their potential for modeling processes of growth that are likely to help supervisees' patients as well. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.