Patient viewing of videotaped psychotherapy. Part II. Aspects of the supervisory process

Teaching psychodynamic technique during an observed analytic psychotherapy interview

Psychodynamic techniques of confrontation, clarification, and interpretation were taught to psychiatry residents during "live" analytic psychotherapy interviews. First, during a therapeutic interview with a resident's patient in a seminar group setting, the interviewer (author) periodically stopped to discuss formulations and technique. Later, the author conducted the interviews until dynamic intervention seemed indicated; at those points, the author stopped, discussed the defenses and affects causing pathology, and then asked a resident to make the psychodynamic intervention with the patient. This teaching technique was rated by the residents as extremely helpful in integrating psychoanalytic theory with clinical interventions.

Patient viewing of videotaped psychotherapy. Part I: Impact on the therapeutic process

A seminar for psychotherapy supervision of residents employed videotapes of interviews as the focus. When patients and therapists together reviewed the tapes, a number of therapeutically valuable results ensued including a) retelling of corrected histories and new commitment to the therapy; b) increased awareness of denied areas of experience and insight into transference, defense, hidden affects and so on; c) a variety of forms of confrontation. In addition, this report reviews indications, difficulties, problems, and failures encountered with this technique.