ABSTRACT

The coronavirus outbreak required, among many changes and restrictions, a sudden and abrupt transition to online psychotherapy. This transition presented especially huge challenges to child psychotherapists. But as weeks and months have passed, and the virus has stayed with us, as our state of crisis has become routine, we are facing new and even greater challenges. We are back to the clinic with our young patients, but we are doing our therapeutic work while facing the danger of infection, wearing face masks, and being required to keep physical distance from each other. At the same time, children and parents, as well as the therapist herself, suffer from the consequences of the prolonged situation of crisis: there is anxiety, depression, and what seems worst of all, a sinking into apathy and indifference. Building on the evocative paper by Betty Joseph Thinking about the playroom, I will offer some preliminary insights into this (almost) impossible situation, in the context of our effort to keep our work, our patients and ourselves, alive and well.

摘要

在许多变化和限制中，冠状病毒的爆发需要突然突然过渡到在线心理治疗。这种过渡给儿童心理治疗师带来了特别巨大的挑战。但是，随着数周又数月的过去，随着我们的危机状态成为例行公事，这种病毒一直在我们身边，我们正面临着新的甚至更大的挑战。我们带着年轻的患者回到诊所，但是我们正在做治疗工作，同时面临着感染的危险，戴着口罩以及被要求保持物理距离。同时，儿童和父母以及治疗师本人也遭受长期危机局势的影响：焦虑，沮丧，甚至最糟糕的是，陷入冷漠和冷漠。考虑游戏室，我将在我们努力保持我们的工作，患者和我们自己的生命健康的前提下，对这种（几乎）不可能的情况提供一些初步的见解。