| Acknowledgements |
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| About The Author |
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| Prologue For The Spanish Edition |
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| Introduction |
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| Chapter One Socio-Cultural transformations: their influence on psychoanalysis |
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2 The horror towards what's different |
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3 Why distance psychoanalysis? |
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a Reasons linked to order and social values |
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4 Influence of technology in the analytical framework |
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5 The use of communication technology and its psychological repercussion |
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| Chapter Two Technology and its influence on subjectivity |
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1 Reality: its presentations and its representations |
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b Language and virtualization of thought |
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c Greater concept of "psychic reality" |
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2 Subjectivity, socio-cultural transformations, and technological advances |
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3 The advent of the "global village" |
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4 Digital natives, digital immigrants |
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| Chapter Three Communication technology and its articulation with clinical psychoanalysis |
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1 About communication technology |
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a Necessary skills for the managing of communication technology |
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b Preconceived ideas about the function and use of the telephone |
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c Structure of the transmission of voice by telephone |
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α Realism through telephone dialogue |
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β "The real" and "the virtual" of the voice |
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γ The ubiquitous location of the voice |
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δ Transformation and technological transmission of the voice |
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epsilon The semantic process |
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d Inclusion of a television camera: uses and implications |
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2 New clinical conceptions: do they promote new theories? |
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a Influence of the arrival of new paradigms |
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b "Mirror neurons": interaction and inter-effect of their roles |
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3 Critical opinions: a brief history |
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4 Distance as a critical element |
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a Possibilities offered by communication technology |
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b Communication technology in psychoanalytic treatment |
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5 Warnings and recommendations |
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| Chapter Four Theory of the technique of distance psychoanalysis |
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Similarities and differences between distance psychoanalysis and analysis performed in the analyst's office |
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1 Conceptual spaces in which the analytic dialogue and process take place |
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2 Analytic dialogue from different surroundings |
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3 Specificities arising from the different aspects of each applied method |
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a The "analytic contract" |
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b Purposes of the analytic contract |
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f Mutually agreed commitment |
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6 Transference-Countertransference |
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a Minimum conditions of privacy |
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b Electronic recording of the sessions |
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10 Technological provisions for adequate communication |
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11 Conceptual evolution of the idea of "presence" |
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a The idea of "presence" in distance treatments |
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12 Role of the body in the psychoanalytic session |
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13 Consequences of the blocking of visual perception |
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| Chapter Five Scope and limits of analysis carried out with communication technology |
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1 Framework "Procrustean bed" or according to "analyst-patient-analysis" |
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2 Focusing implies broadening one's view by narrowing one's sight |
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3 Reasons for existence and persistence of distance analysis |
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a Extending the possibilities of choice |
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b Rationally justified reasons |
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c Various kinds of disabilities |
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d The psychopathological identity of the prospective patient |
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g Instability of residence |
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h Other determining factors involved in the choice |
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4 What and who can be considered "known" or "unknown" patients? |
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5 Technical and epistemological reflections |
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b Clinical psychoanalysis outside the analyst's office |
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c Semantics and type of communication |
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6 Characteristics of the voice in distance analytic dialogue |
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7 Additional diagnostic resources |
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8 Indications: contraindications |
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9 Termination of distance psychoanalysis |
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| Chapter Six Clinical anecdotes |
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Influence of social and professional paradigms |
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Experience of (a type of) "reality", or delusional experience? |
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Non-conscious motivations involved in requesting distance analysis |
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Feelings and fantasies of the analyst, which are not subject to Countertransference |
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Disinhibition achieved through telephone analysis |
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| Chapter Seven Clinical psychoanalysis carried out in written form |
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1 The written word in distance analytic dialogue |
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2 Ideas and emotions expressed in writing |
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Secondary and tertiary processes |
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3 Writing as clinical material and interpretative input |
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4 Technical communication resources |
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5 Current tasks of the analyst |
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6 The clinical material and its "transformations" |
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7 Specific qualities depending on the method used |
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β Free-floating attention |
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γ The analytic setting in diachronic communication analysis |
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b Written chat through the internet |
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184 | (2) |
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β Free-floating attention |
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10 Acceptance and/or indication |
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| Chapter Eight Public and private law considerations of distance psychoanalysis |
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191 | (8) |
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1 Can psychoanalysis be conducted without knowing the full identity of the patient? |
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191 | (2) |
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2 In which country are the psychoanalytic activities carried out? |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (2) |
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| Epilogue |
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| References |
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| Index |
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