Psychotherapy and college teaching are examined in terms of their goals, methodologies, interactional systems, outcome evaluations, and common pitfalls. Similar features abound in these seemingly different professions. In view of these similarities, it is not surprising that certain professors make good psychotherapists and certain psychotherapists make excellent teachers at the college level.
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