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  • Contemporary clinical practice is shaped by significant global events, including the pandemic, political instability, and a crisis in epistemology.
  • There is a growing distrust in expertise and evidence, impacting the reception and application of psychoanalytic theories.
  • Psychoanalytic work itself has undergone transformations, becoming unfamiliar and challenging to recognize in its current form.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the impact of a co-participant trauma on clinical psychoanalytic practice.
  • To examine the effects of external upheavals on the therapeutic frame and psychoanalytic institutions.
  • To understand the psychoanalytic experience in the context of an uncertain future and a crisis of trust.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of the psychoanalytic field.
  • Exploration of the therapeutic frame and institutional boundaries.
  • Reflection on the subjective experience of psychoanalysts during the pandemic.

Main Results:

  • Psychoanalytic practice has become defamiliarized due to a confluence of societal traumas.
  • The therapeutic frame and institutional boundaries are significantly affected by external crises.
  • The onset of the pandemic highlighted an awareness of an unknown and uncertain future.

Conclusions:

  • The psychoanalytic field is undergoing a profound transformation, necessitating a re-evaluation of its frameworks and boundaries.
  • Navigating the current landscape requires acknowledging the impact of collective trauma and epistemic uncertainty.
  • Future psychoanalytic work must contend with the defamiliarized nature of practice and the pervasive distrust in established knowledge.