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The author discusses the practical options that the sudden explosion of the pandemic has forced us to deal with as analysts. She reflects on the difficult task of reconciling the challenge of remaining true to the psychoanalytic method with the need for treatment. She explores the complex ethical repercussions connected to each of the different choices (to continue working only in physical presence; to suspend all treatments until it is possible to return to the traditional analytic setting; to work remotely with an extensive compromise to the usual setting). She concludes with reflections on the current situation and the traumatic aspects of coming out of lock-down, highlighting how even returning to working in person nevertheless cannot be a return to the way things were.
KEY WORDS: Covid-19, psychoanalytic ethics, psychoanalytic method, setting.