In those cases where the continuation of the process was prioritized, the lockdown led to a temporary adjustment of the setting whose implications it was important to highlight, in particular with regard to the importance of the co-presence of the bodies of the patient and analyst in the normal analytic situation. Drawing on a clinical example, the author shows that the organization of remote sessions sometimes produced unforeseen effects within the transference-countertransference dynamics, giving rise to an investment in the treatment that was hitherto impeded by an excess of excitation aroused by physical presence.