The Elephant in the Zoom: Will Psychoanalysis Survive the Screen?

Leora Trub, Ph.D., Discussant Joyce Slochower, Ph.D.

Thursday Jan 18, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Until Covid upended the psychoanalytic frame as we knew it, most of us assumed that the therapeutic process required that analysts’ and patients’ bodies occupy the same physical space. While Covid forced us to abandon these assumptions, we anticipated, even yearned for the day when we could return to in-person work. But times have changed. Today, many of us have chosen to continue practicing remotely for reasons that are not related to fears of exposure. Many have no plan to return. Why? What dynamics--personal and intersubjective--underlie our decision to remain remote? This presentation explores our new relationship to remote work and the implications of staying online for ourselves, our patients, and for the field.

CE Credits offered: 1.5

Course Objectives

After completing this course participants will be able to:

1. Participants will be able to identify and discuss several external and internal (often unconscious) pressures on analysts to incorporate screens into treatment.
2. Participants will be able to describe the clinical impact of screens on treatment in an individualized way.

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