Ethics in Psychoanalysis

Fourth Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2020-21, 3rd Trimester — Fridays, 3:30-5:00pm
Karen Weisbard, PsyD
Denise C.K. Fort, PhD

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May 28, 2021 — Telehealth and Working in the Political, Pandemic Climate

[47 pages]

Analytic Life Amidst the Coronavirus (2020). Psychoanalytic Dialogues, V. 30 4 and 6.

Short essays by a variety of analysts reflecting on what it has been like working this last year. Issues of moving to telehealth allow us to reflect on more issues of fee, frame and boundaries. I will share PDF’s from the two journals, and you can choose to read some or all.

While the link below is broad, it touches upon how hard we are working during this time, and the many shared realities between us and our clients. I hope this article can help frame the discussion on maintaining boundaries and self-care—both slippery slopes to ethical violations.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/life/health-wellness/2021/02/11/covid-pandemic-mental-health-professionals-struggling-burnout/4134511001/

Lena Theodorou Ehrlich, L. (2019) Teleanalysis: Slippery Slope or Rich Opportunity? JAPA, 67, 249-279.

González, F.J. (2020). Trump Cards and Klein Bottles: On the Collective of the Individual. Psychoanal. Dial., 30(4):383-398.