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The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the analyses of Holocaust survivors' offspring
Author(s) -
Kogan Ilany
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.1705
Subject(s) - feeling , the holocaust , countertransference , grief , pandemic , psychology , holocaust survivors , offspring , theme (computing) , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , covid-19 , medicine , social psychology , disease , political science , pregnancy , pathology , biology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , genetics , operating system
This essay tackles the following issues: (a) The encounter of Holocaust survivor offspring whose damaged parents suffered from unresolved grief with a life‐threatening pandemic; (b) Changes of technique that may be needed during this period; and (c) The impact of countertransference of the analyst in the analytic cure in a shared life‐threatening situation. This theme will be examined by means of a case study, in which the life‐threatening situation of the pandemic reactivated guilt feelings. These feelings belonged to the patient's relationship with her mother, as well as to the Holocaust survivor mother, who committed suicide as a result of her unresolved mourning.