An exploration of core psychiatry trainees experience of and thoughts surrounding personal psychotherapy

Sathanandan, Shivanthi; Bull, Darren

doi:10.1080/02668734.2012.760478

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“…For example, a survey of 95 senior psychiatric trainees across Australia and New Zealand in 2003 found only 22% of respondents considered personal therapy essential (Foulkes, 2003 ). A survey of 48 psychiatric trainees in London found that one third of respondents had attended personal psychotherapy and reported it as beneficial, and the majority of the remainder indicated they would consider attending psychotherapy in future (Sathanandan and Bull, 2013 ). Of 25 psychotherapy registrars in the UK who responded to a survey, 15 reported negative effects from their therapy (Macaskill and Macaskill, 1992 ).…”

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Counseling and Psychology Student Experiences of Personal Therapy: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Edwards

2018

Front. Psychol.

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Background: Committing to attendance at personal therapy sessions is frequently either mandated or encouraged in many different types of therapeutic trainings across allied health, psychotherapy, social work and counseling. The small number of published accounts have indicated that student experiences of personal therapy can be mixed.Methods: The project examined contemporary interview based research about student experience of personal therapy during training using Critical Interpretive Synthesis method. Ten papers were found which met the search criteria. The papers included a total of 89 participants (75 F).Results: The results comprised 12 themes derived from 89 meaning units gleaned from student experiences presented in the research studies. These were used to inform a synthesizing statement here truncated as follows:Beginning therapy is challenging for some students, especially when attendance is mandatory. However, students can experience transformative change by the end of the process, even if they commence the work in a guarded way.Multiple problems can arise in the process of attending therapy as a student, and it can be difficult for a student to know what to do if these challenges are overwhelming.Attending personal therapy brings rich learnings which can be applied in clinical work but can also positively impact learning in the course, and lifelong personal development. The process can enhance the student's understanding of what the client may experience in the therapeutic journey.Conclusions: Attending personal therapy during training is not a straightforward process for all students. Course leaders and trainers need to be mindful of the possibility that students will struggle with the personal therapy requirement. Course and professional bodies should regularly review personal therapy requirements, being clear about the aims; remaining attuned to the student experience.

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Counseling and Psychology Student Experiences of Personal Therapy: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Edwards

2018

Front. Psychol.

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“…This review brings together findings from 15 survey-based studies which collected data on the proportion of psychiatrists who received personal therapy. Over half of the studies reviewed had this as their primary objective (Dover et al 2009;Haak & Kaye 2009;Emmerich et al 2004;Hadjipavlou et al 2016;Kovach et al 2015;Orlinsky et al 2011;Sathanandan &Bull 2013 andWeintraub et al 1999), while the remaining studies only discussed personal therapy as part of a larger investigation into psychiatric practitioners' experiences with and attitudes towards psychotherapy training and/or their experiences and opinions regarding delivering psychotherapy.…”

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“…Most included studies were conducted in North America (Bodkin et al 1995;Emmerich et al 2004;Haak & Kaye 2009;Hadjipavlou et al 2016;Kovach et al 2015;Lanouette et al 2011 andWeintraub et al 1999). Three studies took place in the UK (Ball et al 2021;Dover et al 2009 andSathanandan &Bull 2013); and one each in New Zealand (Kazantzis et al 2010), Israel (Shachar et al 2016) and South Korea (Bae et al 2003). Two studies sought to gather data from multiple countries (Orlinsky et al 2011;Gargot et al 2017).…”

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The use of personal therapy by psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees: a systematic review

Aubry,

Morgan,

Donohue

2024

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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Background: It is widely acknowledged that personal therapy positively contributes to the continued personal well-being and ongoing professional development of mental health professionals, including psychiatrists. As a result, most training bodies continue to recommend personal therapy to their trainees. Given its reported value and benefits, one might hypothesize that a high proportion of psychiatrists avail of personal therapy. This systematic review seeks to investigate whether this is the case. Aim: To identify and evaluate the findings derived from all available survey-based studies reporting quantitative data regarding psychiatrists’ and psychiatry trainees’ engagement in personal therapy. Method: A systematic search for survey-based studies about the use of personal therapy by psychiatric practitioners was conducted in four databases and platforms (PubMed, Scopus, Embase and EbscoHost) from inception to May 2022 following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Studies were assessed for quality using the quality assessment checklist for survey studies in psychology (Q-SSP) and findings summarized using narrative synthesis. Results: The proportion of trainees who engaged in personal therapy ranged from a low of 13.4% in a recent UK based study to a high of 65.3% among Israeli residents. The proportion of fully qualified psychiatrists who engaged in personal therapy varied from 32.1% in South Korea to 89% in New Zealand. Conclusion: This review represents the first known attempt to collect and synthesize data aimed at providing insights into the past and current trends in psychiatrists’ use of personal therapy across different geographic regions and career stages.

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“…Supervisors may wish to consider trainees’ competence when allocating cases 38 and be aware of the difficulties relating to the focus on the transference, trainees’ performance anxieties, pressures about ‘being on model’ and the lack of access to personal therapy. 39 , 40 Trainees reported that using a TFP approach partially reduced levels of anxiety about doing psychotherapy with a subgroup of patients with complex problems.…”

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Transference-focused psychotherapy as an aid to learning psychodynamic psychotherapy: qualitative analysis of UK psychiatry trainees’ views

Bax

Nerantzis²,

Lee³

2020

BJPsych Bull

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Aims & method Learning psychotherapy can be difficult and stressful. We explore core trainees’ (n = 5) views on undertaking a psychodynamic psychotherapy training case using transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), in an East London NHS Foundation Trust supervision group. We used framework analysis of focus group interviews to examine trainees’ concerns, their views about this experience and its impact on general psychiatric practice. Results Trainees described various concerns on starting: providing an effective intervention, insufficient experience and training-related pressures. However, they found that TFP addressed some of them and was helpful for learning psychodynamic psychotherapy. Difficulties around the countertransference remained at end-point. Trainees suggested that introductory teaching and learning through observation might be worthwhile. Clinical implications Trainees’ experience suggests that an evidence-based operationalised approach such as TFP can be integrated into the core psychiatry curriculum as a psychodynamic psychotherapy learning method. Trainees report benefits extending to other areas of their practice.

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An exploration of core psychiatry trainees experience of and thoughts surrounding personal psychotherapy

Cited by 6 publications

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Counseling and Psychology Student Experiences of Personal Therapy: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Counseling and Psychology Student Experiences of Personal Therapy: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

The use of personal therapy by psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees: a systematic review

Transference-focused psychotherapy as an aid to learning psychodynamic psychotherapy: qualitative analysis of UK psychiatry trainees’ views

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