Biomedical subjects

S E Greben

Publications and source records attributed to S E Greben.

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PubMed1979

The influence of the supervision of psychotherapy upon being therapeutic. II: Modes of influence of the supervisory relationship.

Through supervision, the student develops those innate personal characteristics which are highly important in being therapeutic. In making conscious use of "reality identification" by the student with his teacher, we must take care to avoid certain pitfalls. What is not wanted is transference identification. To help avoid this, we must select appropriate teachers as supervisors. The student should also have more than one supervisor, as this tends to protect against the development of overidealization on the part of the student, of omnipotence on the part of the teacher. Personal characteristics of both students and supervisors are extremely important. A good supervisory experience is the most likely vehicle for developing those qualities in the student which will, in time, lead him to function most therapeutically.

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PubMed1977

On being therapeutic.

Psychotherapy is both an art and a science. The art deserves as careful study as does the science. In this paper the author puts forward the view that the effectiveness of psychotherapy is dependent to a marked degree upon certain innate characteristics of the therapist: these include his character structure, his personal values, and his spontaneous personality style. In order to explore this thesis, the author examines what has been written about some successful and well-known psychotherapists, by their patients, their colleagues, and their friends. He concludes that these therapists strongly evidenced the following characteristics: empathy and concern, caring and protectiveness, warmth, therapeutic forcefulness, expectation of improvement, freedom from despair, reliability, friendliness and respectfulness. It is felt that such factors in the therapist must be taken into account in order to achieve a view of psychotherapy which is not reductionistic.

Humans↗

PubMed1976

The question of neutrality in psychotherapy.

The question of neutrality in psychotherapy is considered in the light of original historical psychoanalytic attitudes, and present usual practices. A disparity between what is reported and what is done is examined, and explanations for its existence are put forward.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

PubMed1976

Supervision of psychotherapy with psychiatric residents. 1 model.

Training of psychiatric residents should include supervised experience in psychotherapy, whatever the mode of practice the psychiatrist-to-be will later choose. Individual supervision of psychotherapy on patients seen at least once a week for a year offers the best opportunity for learning in this area. The supervisor has a teaching role which includes showing the resident how to look more objectively and insightfully at the material, serving as a partial model of a professional identity, and giving direct didactic help regarding the subject of psychotherapy. Such an experience leads togrowth and development of the resident in his professional role as psychotherapist.

Humans↗

PubMed1975