Comments on: No Such Thing as an Analyst: Four Strange Months Without My Patients

By: Justine Duhr

Justine Duhr — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 22:34:02 +0000

In reply to Pio. Thank *you* for helping me on those many training nights. You're familiar with my dynamics, for sure.

By: Pio

Pio — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 13:41:13 +0000

Hi Justine,

Reading this brought me back to our training nights. The ending made me choke up a little, and it took me to a place I haven’t been in a while. I don’t have the word for it yet. The closest one I could find is haunting.

Thank you for this beautiful post.

Pio

By: Justine Duhr

Justine Duhr — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:42:37 +0000

In reply to Roberto. I read somewhere recently (can't remember where) that it's ludicrous for NYS to handle licensing for analysts when NYS has no idea what psychoanalysis *is.* I think there's something to that.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:16:47 +0000

Justine, a real wonderful blog.
I remember how hard was for me to stop see my patients. You encapsulated my feelings, anxieties and hopes during that period.
New York State rule clearly doesn’t not take in consideration patients needs and should change.

By: Tricia Brock

Tricia Brock — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:57:40 +0000

In reply to Justine Duhr. Very true! I wonder how it will be to integrate these “parts unknown” to the analyst into the treatment. Maybe that’s for the future blog post.

By: Justine Duhr

Justine Duhr — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 23:07:07 +0000

In reply to Tricia Brock. Please do! I had a thought about your earlier comment, about your split-off feelings that emerged during the hiatus: It's often the case that time away from treatment (usually less than four months, over a vacation for example) allows things to settle and coalesce for the patient. I can certainly imagine that being true for the analyst, too.

By: Tricia Brock

Tricia Brock — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 21:41:30 +0000

How interesting! I didn’t *remember* the phone call and thought *I must have forgotten* that part! Thank you for the invitation to write more. I will keep that in mind!

By: Justine Duhr

Justine Duhr — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 14:51:26 +0000

In reply to Tricia Brock. You, Yelena and Pio will recognize the dream, for sure. Have we ever talked about the phone call? It would be interesting if we did and I “forgot.” As the only two LQPs in our class, you and I have gone through training and this clinical hiatus together, with our own unique experiences but also much in common. Maybe you’ll write about your hiatus and those countertransferential feelings you encountered. There’s always a home for your writing right here on the blog.

By: Justine Duhr

Justine Duhr — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 14:41:26 +0000

In reply to Beth lawrence. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Beth. Thanks for commenting.

By: Tricia Brock

Tricia Brock — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 03:32:07 +0000

Justine,
What an excellent post on such an important topic! You are a fabulous and gifted writer. I found myself nodding the whole way through and gasping at the end of a dream that I, too–as a fortunate member of your cohort–recognize. I found in my own hiatus a whole unexpected set of feelings, which for me were split off from certain treatments and bubbled up in the absence of the work, countertransference feelings I have actually benefited from acknowledging despite the awfulness of the forced hiatus. Emi’s comment about lemons/lemonade super resonates. Thank you so much for sharing, Justine!
Tricia