Frame as a commonly shared transitional object
Reflections on remote analysis/teleanalysis and the corona crisis using a case example
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7203284 |
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| Authors | Bernd Pütz (German Psychoanalytical Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 400-415 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207578.2025.2476210 |
| PMID | 40313222 |
| OpenAlex | W4410044420 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper attempts to use Winnicott's theory of the transitional object to develop a concept of the psychoanalytic frame as a transitional object commonly shared by analyst and analysand. The process of creating the frame, often neglected in theories, is characterized by different phases. After the interview, a phase is postulated in which the symmetrical aspects of the analytic relationship are considered crucial for the formation of a frame: the commonly shared transitional object. In a following phase, the asymmetry of the relationship is considered significant: the analyst takes over the protection of the frame. Using the example of a patient who called by telephone from a moving car during his session, reflections will be made about teleanalysis/remote analysis and the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for psychoanalytic treatment techniques. Finally, the need for considerations about a psychoanalytic media theory with reflections on the medium "telephone" is emphasized
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| Highly cited | No |
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