Great expectations: mistaken beliefs of beginning psychodynamic psychotherapists.
Beginning psychotherapists often have mistaken assumptions about what it is that constitutes good psychotherapy and a good psychotherapist. These mistaken beliefs are counterproductive and may inhibit the development of appropriate psychotherapeutic skills as well as delay, or even prevent, the acquisition of an appropriate identity as a psychotherapist. This paper explores six common mistaken beliefs on the part of neophyte psychotherapists, providing a basis for exploration and discussion of key developmental issues in the genesis of a competent psychotherapist.
Medical College of Georgia, Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Augusta 30912, USA.
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D006801:Humans; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*