Abstract
The work of clinical psychologists in the physical field has been increasing at general hospitals and a similar tendency has been seen at our hospital over the past 10 years. However, education and training programs for such psychologists in regard to physiology have yet to become well developed. In response to this situation, we have applied training methods used in the psychiatric field to the physiology field, which we consider to have helped to consolidate such education and training. Furthermore, we show the complexity of psychological support by presenting some case studies from the physiology field. For all types of psychological support, a method of dynamic assessment is useful. Thus, for training in the physiology field, we emphasize the importance of learning methods for dynamic assessment through one-to-one interviews in the psychiatric field. For providing effective consultation, it is important to obtain necessary knowledge, technique, and attitudes as specialists, which we consider can only be acquired through observation of senior psychologists.
