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To the Editor of Canadian Family Physician:
The article “Psychotherapy for Patients with Mental Health Concerns in Primary Care” in the October issue of CFP really grabbed our attention! As representatives of the Medical Psychotherapy Association Canada (MDPAC), we were pleased to see the argument being made for more access to physician-delivered psychotherapy as well as more psychotherapy training for family medicine residents.
We thought the authors also might like to know about our organization, as we noted that MDPAC was not mentioned in the article.
MDPAC’s mission is to support and advocate for physician-delivered psychotherapy and mental health care—entirely in accord with the authors’ view. Our national association has roughly 200 physician members, most of whom are family physicians and all of whom practise some psychotherapy (some practise psychotherapy exclusively).
To address a key point of the authors, part of MDPAC’s mandate is to connect and support family physicians eager to pursue additional psychotherapy training. We offer educational programs, including a five-weekend Psychotherapy Training Program comprising experiential learning and supervision, as well as one-hour teaching sessions on a wide variety of psychotherapy-related topics, delivered via an online platform.
MDPAC also provides opportunities for physicians to obtain supervision of their psychotherapy practice. In addition, as psychotherapy work often can b...
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