title: Establishing the role of the nurse psychotherapist in the United Kingdom.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The role of the nurse psychotherapist in the U.K.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore the barriers and future possibilities of nurse psychotherapists in the U.K.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of the literature, communication with nurse leaders in the U.K., the author's own experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a body of nurses in the U.K. that has begun to meet regularly and uses psychodynamic theory either in clinical practice or to teach students. The plan is to develop specific standards of training and registration.
authors.affiliation: West Berkshire Psychotherapy Department, National Health Service, Reading, England.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winship
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D006113:United Kingdom