title: The psychotherapist's search for self-renewal.
abstract: The role of psychotherapist carries with it special stresses to which many professionals react with depressive feelings, particularly in mid-life. Psychotherapists who participated in small group sessions at two annual institutes of the American Group Psychotherapy Association revealed their depressive feelings in a striking way. Some were able to relate these feelings to early family dynamics that motivated their choice of a caretaking career. The groups concluded that there is a continuing necessity for the caretaker to acknowledge and seek care for his emotional needs. Planners of continuing professional education for psychotherapists should make these needs a central concern.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009042:Motivation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013315:Stress, Psychological