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Dear colleagues,
I'm a candidate in Paris, and it is so great to hear all of you. Weirdly, this makes us, virtually, connect more. Why are crises necessary to create the motivation of gathering and coming together as a community?
For me, it's not so easy to be a psychoanalyst learner and to already, so early, be faced with such massive changes in the normal working rules. After the attacks, psychoanalysis has had to endure. On the other hand, they follow the changes we, the new generation of psychoanalysts, are already incarnating. I feel, in a certain way, confident enough also. Psychoanalysis builds in us such a nice and solid house. It is this house that protects me against these hurricanes and the force of our network and common will for our patients.
I chose the phone, like many colleagues here. There's something that I find very fake on video, and too exciting, with the exhibitionism trend and internet, such as YouTube, etc., has put into images and videos.
I prefer dealing with the reality of the physical separation. I am more present vocally to deal with the silence that, indeed, can be very cruel. Also, the session are only 30 minutes. So this period of therapy is going to be special. I can already see it brings very specific, but also extremely core, points of my patients' problems. But it's so condensed and quick that it's not easy to treat and answer that very precious and hot material.
It's a lot to think about and it's not easy to think when we're trapped in a traumatic reality, on the same level as our patients.
I'll continue reading these exchanges. They are really helpful.
Many thanks, dear colleagues.
And to make a little joke as I am a fan of Star Wars: May the force be with you!
All the best,