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The use of the computer and the Internet in child psychoanalysis
Sun Ju Chung1, Calvin Colarusso
1San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute, USA.
Abstract:
The revolution in communications has affected society at large and psychoanalysis in particular and, in this article, child analysis as well. A technically advanced nine-year-old Korean girl chose to use the computer and the Internet as her ways of revealing her conflicts, family problems, and developmental issues, that is, her inner world. Her presentation forced her less technologically sophisticated analyst and her supervisor to confront and make technical decisions regarding the use of the computer and the Internet in the child analysis, which neither had faced before. Because of the ubiquitous nature of these constantly evolving communication devices, every analyst can expect to be confronted with similar issues to those encountered in this case.
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