Case material from a telephone analysis

Hanly, Charles

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“…There are numerous experiences of patients who have benefited from the use of teleanalysis (e.g. Larkin, ; Leffert, ; Manosevitz, ; Scharff, ) without any major differences with respect to in‐person work (Caparrotta, , in line with Hanly, ), as well as cases in which analytic conditions produced positive transference that had not previously occurred in in‐person analysis (Bassen, ; Zarem, ).…”

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

confidence: 99%

“…In a well‐known panel debate on telephone analysis (Bassen, ), Hanly indicates that the essential processes of free association, transference, comprehension and instinct maturation are not necessarily compromised (Hanly in Bassen ; also Hanly, ). Zalusky (in Bassen, ) suggests that each participant in telephone analysis must create and maintain representations of the other in fantasy, constituting an analytic dyad that is different from that created in person and that may intensify transference.…”

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

confidence: 99%

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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%

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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“…The year 2009 proved key to the progress in scientific development since an International Psychoanalytical Conference was held, where several analysts [1,12] posited the conditions in which the analytical encounter was possible when conducted virtually, showing, by means of clinical materials, the feasibility and efficacy of those treatments. From then on, different advances have made it possible to further understand the processes implied in the virtual mode [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. A great deal of criticism [43][44][45] has been refuted with many clinical examples proving they were feasible [10].…”

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“…Nowadays, there is mounting research supporting the validity and efficacy of the setting modified by technology. Many authors [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] assert the value of online psychoanalysis, claiming that the same processes can be found in in-person analyses. By means of vignettes or clinical cases, they make reference to the display of transference and countertransference and the presence of unconscious communication, free association and free-floating attention, emotional support, interpretations and the expression of defense, among so many other clinical phenomena.…”

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From the Couch to the Screen: Psychoanalysis in Times of Virtuality

Corbella¹

2021

Psychoanalysis - A New Overview

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The purpose of this chapter is to study the implementation of technology in today’s psychoanalytical scenario. Many historical and cultural changes have taken place since Freud up to these days. To the contemporary subjective constitution, the human being is complex and determined by a myriad of biological, psychological, and social factors. Thus, culture is not external to the dimensions making up the subject, and technology plays a key role in people’s current lives. Within the psychoanalytical technique, the setting has changed and adapted to the different social contexts, to the needs of each subject and also of the analyst. Contemporary psychoanalysis faces the challenge of setting up new scenarios to fit a new present that is taking shape. These are mixed settings, where the physical and virtual presences complement each other, simultaneously and alternately. Both the virtual and the physical realities are different and, therefore, do not replace each other. Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to reflect on the conditions that make possible the analytical encounter mediated by technology.

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“…In recent publications many have argued that free association and working within the transference were not compromised by teleanalysis. Hanly () outlines casework to that effect and Dettbarn () gives an example not only of a technology failure being experienced by the patient as ‘evidence’ of the analyst's aggression, but that this negative transference was processed appropriately in the teleanalysis. Kudiyarova () also reports a negative transference example when her move overseas prompted abandonment affects for her patient, and that these were subsequently processed in Skype sessions.…”

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The use of Skype in analysis and training: a research and literature review

Merchant¹

2016

J Analytical Psychology

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Of recent years there has not only been an increasing use of Skype in analytic treatment, supervision and teaching, but also a number of writers have been endeavouring to assess its effectiveness. Whilst it is generally agreed that Skype can facilitate an analytic encounter where distance prohibits a face-to-face process, where continuity needs to be maintained and where analysands are in areas far from specialized centres, there is divergence in the literature as to whether analysis, as opposed to psychotherapy, can be successful using Skype. This paper reviews the literature and concludes that the essentials of a genuine analytic process are not necessarily precluded by Skype. One central reason is because there exists a cross-modal communication channel between the human senses (underpinned by audiovisual mirror neurons) in addition to the recently discovered instinct for communication and interpersonal understanding, and these can override the need for physical proximity of the participants. The essentials of an analytic frame can thus be maintained, and the continuity that Skype enables means that containment is also facilitated and this counters the negative aspects of shuttle analysis. The critical issues for the profession then become the professional development for practitioners in the use of Skype and suggestions are listed.

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Case material from a telephone analysis

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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

From the Couch to the Screen: Psychoanalysis in Times of Virtuality

The use of Skype in analysis and training: a research and literature review

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