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Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York, New York, United States Contemporary Freudian Society, New York, New York, United States Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York University Using the analogy of wartime separations, the author describes the pleasure of being able to reach across distances and connect with patients during the COVID crisis. Being separated from her office and her patients, however, brings up feelings of loss and questions about her identity. Trying to understand why phone sessions seem to work so well with some patients and not with others helps her highlight some of the early losses that people have suffered and how difficult it is to not FaceTime with those patients.