In Transit; from Waiting Room to Waiting in Virtual Space: Reply to Harris and Cooper

ABSTRACT

In this paper, the author responds to discussions by Adrienne Harris and Steven Cooper (this issue) with an emphasis on the sensory surround of the waiting room and the nuisance factor drawn from the work of Winnicott. The author concludes with musings about the absence of the waiting room during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This article responds to:

Waiting in Rooms: Discussion of Paper by Christopher Bonovitz

Discussion: “The Waiting Room as an Extension of the Treatment: Transference and Countertransference across the Consulting and Waiting Rooms”

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Christopher Bonovitz

Christopher Bonovitz, Psy.D., is Training and Supervising Analyst, William Alanson White Institute; Adjunct Professor and Clinical Consultant, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; and Associate Editor, Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Contemporary Psychoanalysis.