Discussion on the Paper by Anthony Bass “Unmasked: Personal Transformations, Frame Alterations, and Making the Conscious Unconscious During the Traumatic Times on the COVID and Other Plagues”

Abstract

The COVID-pandemic has meant that we, as therapists, go through the same experiences as our patients. Bass’s paper enables us to digest these last months’ experience, not only from a professional perspective, but from both emotional and practical perspectives as well. In this paper, we zoom into the new opportunities frame alterations have brought, such as more intimacy and openness, both for patients and therapists.

Keywords:

• shared experience
• intimacy
• frame
• therapeutic relationship
• interpersonal space

This article is referred to by:

Unmasked: Personal Transformations, Frame Alterations, and Making the Conscious Unconscious During the Traumatic Times of the COVID and Other Plagues

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Sandra Toribio Caballero

Sandra Toribio Caballero, MA, works as a psychotherapist in private practice in Madrid (Spain). She holds Master’s degrees in Women and Health and in Relational Psychotherapy, and is currently working on a PhD in Psychopathology and Gender. She is Subdirector, Faculty and Member of the Master’s Program in Relational Psychotherapy of the Institute for Relational Psychotherapy (Madrid). A member of IARPP, she has recently joined its Board of Directors.