title: Epilogue: Conversations between a psychoanalyst and a psychiatry resident.
abstract: The authors discuss the importance of psychoanalytic training from the perspectives of a psychiatry resident about to begin psychoanalytic training and a psychiatrist who is a training and supervising psychoanalyst. Drs. Hyun and Alfonso discuss psychoanalytic motivations and engage in a dialogue reflecting on the relevance of psychoanalytic training in current psychiatric practice and the profession’s need for more dynamically trained psychiatrists. In doing so this article provides further insight from their firsthand experiences as to why young psychiatrists today still choose to engage in psychoanalytic training and its positive impact on their clinical practices.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10034, USA. amh2194@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Aerin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hyun
authors.forename: César A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Alfonso
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000193:education*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States