title: Teaching psychodynamic psychotherapy with the Y model.
abstract: The Y model of psychotherapy represents core components of all psychotherapies on the stem of the Y, and the specific components of psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on the arms of the Y. Familiarity with the Y model can help students cope with the confusion that emerges when trying to learn several different types of psychotherapy. The Y model also can be an important aid to teachers of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Use of the Y model helps students see how specific components of psychodynamic psychotherapy emerge from the core. It also helps students to compare psychodynamic psychotherapy with CBT (and other therapies). A student who has reached a point of confusion while doing psychodynamic psychotherapy can be invited to "zoom out" to the Y model, using it to examine this point of confusion, "zooming back in" for a fresh look at the patient-therapist interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. goldber@sutterhealth.org
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Plakun
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods