Abstract

MAIDA SOSIC, Ana Margarita; MOLINA PAVEZ, María Elisa  and  RIO ALBORNOZ, María Teresa del. Workshop: "the therapist as a person": A formative experience that enhances learning. Educ. méd. [online]. 2003, vol.6, n.2, pp.56-60. ISSN 1575-1813.

Introduction: The article describes the activities of a workshop that addresses the therapist as a person, by way of developing interpersonal skills in therapeutic work. This activity takes place during training of Psychological and Psychiatric trainees conducted in a Pediatric Hospital. Methodology: The work is accomplished through the theoretical postulates of social constructionism, which integrates the ideas of post modern thought to social sciences and therapeutic practice. This article deals briefly with its main premises, which are studied in a parallel activity. The workshop utilizes experiential and interactive techniques to review personal issues, professional role and the development of dialogic and therapeutical skills. This work is achieved through activities that integrate theoretical content and personal experience.  Results: By the end of this workshop the students value this way of learning, reporting they have acquired therapeutical skills and, at the same time, experienced transformations in their personal lives.

Keywords : workshop; therapeutic skills; interpersonal skills.

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