[Reflections on and initial experiences with the teaching of psychotherapy after the new regulation for medical licensing (author's transl)].

This study discusses the first psychotherapeutic-oriented portion of the practical course for psychosomatics/psychotherapy which was held in seminar form in small groups. The material for the course was prepared cuts from vitiotapes of first and second therapeutic sessions conducted in a psychotherapeutic outpatient clinic. To a large extent, the initial experience tends to speak for our teaching plan which basically refrained from initially mediating theory. On the other hand, it was also necessary to cutback the original plan in an attempt to use the "countertransference reactions" of the students to better understand the patients. Special attention was given to the affective reactions of the students in the individual groups since a certain dependency on the specific teaching style of the seminar leader was to be expected. Occasionally, there was danger of overestimating the tolerance of the students to their tensions and fears. This intensified the defense reactions. The experience up until now caused us to modify our plan in a few points.