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Posted on Aug. 7: Psychotherapy program wins award from international organization

A creative, multi-faceted mix of approaches to psychotherapy training has garnered an award for the postgraduate psychotherapy program at McMaster University. The Psychiatric Education Award is given by the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) to an outstanding specific project or program. The AAP receives submissions internationally for the award, which recognizes programs at both medical school and residency levels. The McMaster postgraduate psychotherapy program was developed in 1995 to train psychiatric residents to practice a variety of psychotherapies. The program is innovative in that most psychotherapy programs only teach the psychodynamic approach, said Priyanthy Weerasekera, the program's co-ordinator. The psychodynamic approach to therapy is one method that psychiatrists use to help patients gain insight into their feelings.