title: Brief inpatient psychotherapeutic technique.
abstract: Trainees rotate onto the medical psychiatric inpatient unit at Massachusetts General Hospital every 6 weeks to learn how to conduct brief inpatient psychotherapy from two staff psychologists and one staff psychiatrist. This article focuses on four key therapeutic principles/techniques used when teaching these trainees about brief inpatient psychotherapy. These include support, affective experience and expression, chain analysis, and identification of relational styles/maladaptive relational patterns. We also briefly discuss our approach to training. Theoretical rationale, numerous clinical examples, and empirical support (of inpatient psychotherapy) are provided.
authors.affiliation: Psychological Evaluation and Research Laboratory (PEaRL), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, One Bowdoin Square, 7th floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mstein3@partners.org
authors.forename: Michelle B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Michelle C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jacobo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003479:Curriculum; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*