On the virtual couch

Description

The author of this book has demonstrated, through the publication of various scientific works, the creative quality of her thinking in the field of psychoanalysis and analytic psychotherapy. Maria José Martins de Azevedo presents us with yet another original essay that surprises us, because, in truth, there are few works published on this subject in the field of psychoanalysis. […] She presents her understanding and contribution to the construction of a “new” relationship that emerged in the situations of virtual psychoanalysis. She describes how, under these circumstances, hope in a new transformative object emerges in the relationship within the analytic space, bringing with it creative expectations for the future and allowing for the mourning of a space that had been felt as disturbing. […]” . It starts on clinical research in a virtual context, to present nine vignettes of babies, children, adolescents and adults, and innovative concepts, based on the transference-countertransference dynamic: the analytic being and his timeless existence, the analytic baby, immaturity in the virtual meeting, pandemic psychopathology and parenting in the pandemic context.