Use Your Imagination: A Balm for Psychiatry Residents

Despite the plethora of books on the topic, our hearts told us that there was very little that we “know” about the way that psychotherapy “works” in the brain. Together, we generated a list of possible constructs: rapport with therapist/developing theory of mind, learning, making the unconscious conscious, increasing cognitive control, and accessing memory/emotion. Declarations Disclosures On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.