![Problems in the Clinical Training of the Clinical Psychologist [1950]](https://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/crclarge/978131508/9781315081021.jpg "Problems in the Clinical Training of the Clinical Psychologist [1950]")
ABSTRACT
IamgenerallyinheartyagreementwiththepointsmadebyDr.Gardner.Infact, hemakestoomanyrelevantpointsandsoIshallhavetolimitmyselftodiscussing onlyafew.
Dr.Gardnerdiscussestheproblemofwhentrainingintherapyshallbegin.He arguesforitscominglate,ratherthanearly,inthetrainingprogram.WiththisI agree,ifweaddthatnumerousothercontactswithclinicalmaterialshouldhave preceded,whetherthesebeinthewayofobservation,interviewing,testing,orall three,includingavarietyofindirectcontactswithpatients.However,inarguingfor thefourthyearfortheinternshipratherthanthethird,IthinkthatDr.Gardneris describingnotquitecompletelymany,orevenmost,ofthepresentprogramsin clinicalpsychology.TheCommitteeonTraininginClinicalPsychologyrecommendedathird-yearinternshipforanumberofreasons,nottheleastofwhichwasa recognitionofthepeculiarneedinpsychologytrainingatthisstagetobringback
ReprintedwithpermissionfromtheAmericanJournalofOrthopsychiatry,vo!.zo,1950. Copyright,theAmericanOrthopsychiatricAssociation,Inc.
