A Note on the Telephone as a Technical Aid

Saul, Leon J.

doi:10.1080/21674086.1951.11925845

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“…The debate on telephone analysis dates back to the 1960s (Saul, ), although it has taken on renewed strength over the last decade due to changing clinical scenarios, including the potential of telephone analysis for treating patients with either partial or total logistical or clinical difficulties in accessing in‐person treatment (Caparrotta, ; Scharff, ; Zalusky, ). Though the debate has been extensive, little agreement has been reached with respect to the essential elements in the analytic process that come into play in telephone teleanalysis (Bayles, ).…”

Section: Teleanalysis By Videoconference: New Traction On An Old Debate?mentioning

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Silicon in ‘pure gold’? Theoretical contributions and observations on teleanalysis by videoconference

Gutiérrez

2017

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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Ideas about psychoanalysis via videoconference-videoconference teleanalysis (VT)-are presented with the general understanding that these settings produce a twofold split between various degrees of recognition/negativisation of the absence of the other, on one hand, and the expectation of physical co-presence, on the other. This split has been put forward as dismantling the here, now, with me pre-reflexive unity of the analytic experience. This article suggests that both members of the analytic dyad will seek to reappropriate the experience through a forced ego integration that interferes with accessing states of unintegration in the analytic treatment and produces subtle alterations to symbolisation work. The effort to overcome this condition is illustrated with clinical vignettes and therapists' comments about feelings of inauthenticity and discontent when trying to sustain evenly-suspended attention, as well as in the perception of a form of flattening of the alive nature of speech. However, this is not a constant for all VT, and mutual understanding can be an important mitigating feature. The focus of the discussion should be on the capacity of the analytic dyad to overcome such a split and not on a direct extrapolation of the perceptual limitations of VT to possible effects on transference / countertransference.

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Section: Teleanalysis By Videoconference: New Traction On An Old Debate?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Silicon in ‘pure gold’? Theoretical contributions and observations on teleanalysis by videoconference

Gutiérrez

2017

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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“…There is no doubt that in‐person sound is more comfortable to listen to, but the analyst can adapt to telephone communication for analytic sessions when necessary. In the 1950s the first report of the use of the telephone in psychoanalysis recommended the speaker‐phone as the closest approximation to in‐person sound (Saul, 1951). A cluster of reports appeared in the 1970s (Robertiello 1972–73) and an edited book on the telephone in intensive psychotherapy at the turn of the Century (Aronson, 2000a).…”

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Clinical issues in analyses over the telephone and the internet

Scharff

2012

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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There is professional consensus that teleanalysis, the practice of psychoanalysis conducted remotely using the telephone and the Internet, is increasing in response to more mobility in the population. But there is controversy as to whether the use of technology leads to a dilution of analysis or to adaptive innovation that is clinically effective and true to the tenets of psychoanalysis. The author reviews the psychoanalytic literature and shows the development of analytic thinking about this technology-assisted practice of psychoanalysis. She summarizes analysts' perceptions and experiences of the advantages and disadvantages, and considers the indications and contra-indications. She focuses on the clinical concerns that arise in terms of the frame, resistance, and the development of analytic process through the unconscious communication of internal objects, unconscious fantasy, transference and countertransference. She gives vignettes from the analysis of a man with trauma-related depression to address the concerns raised and to support her argument that analysis using the telephone and the Internet is a viable, clinically effective alternative to traditional analysis where necessary.

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“…281 Even though the law of the sea has substantially developed since the era of the Guano Islands Act, it still lacks the strength required to settle such sovereignty-related disputes. 282 This relative weakness enables rising powers to advance their geopolitical interests. This is especially evident considering recent developments following the tribunal's award.…”

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China’s South China Sea Claims as “Unprecedented”: Sceptical Remarks

Lorteau¹

2018

Can. yearb. int. law

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A solely legalistic analysis of China’s South China Sea claims has given way to speculation regarding their exact nature. Scholars and the tribunal in Philippines v China have collectively described China’s position as “ambiguous” and “vague.” For others, China’s regulatory framework sets dangerous new precedents in the areas of effective occupation, historic rights, and exclusive economic zones. This article seeks to nuance these assessments. Contextualizing China’s framework within a broader geopolitical project reveals a China exploiting historic legal precedents in a manner reminiscent of imperial America. This should cast doubt on those too quick to see China as a rule-breaking new power eager to upset international norms. Rather, China’s “Caribbean” is a microcosm for a new great power coming into its own following an existing model.

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A Note on the Telephone as a Technical Aid

Cited by 41 publications

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Silicon in ‘pure gold’? Theoretical contributions and observations on teleanalysis by videoconference

Silicon in ‘pure gold’? Theoretical contributions and observations on teleanalysis by videoconference

Clinical issues in analyses over the telephone and the internet

China’s South China Sea Claims as “Unprecedented”: Sceptical Remarks

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