The uses and functions of virtual reality in clinical practice: Reflections in the light of on-line work

2020 
The article opens with a theoretical and clinical reflection on the arrival of virtual reality in the analysis room with patients of a developmental age: how is it used? What function does it have in that precise moment? Accommodating virtual reality during psychotherapy means turning it into interpretable material, whilst taking the patient's psychic functioning, his/her personal history and the quality of the transferential relationship into consideration. With the lockdown imposed by the COVID-19 emergency, further reflection on these themes has become necessary: the psychotherapeutic setting, too, has become virtual and this has given rise to new scenarios, imposing limits but also offering new opportunities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Italian) L'articolo apre una riflessione teorica e clinica relativa all'entrata del virtuale nella stanza di analisi con pazienti in eta evolutiva: in che modo viene utilizzato? Quale funzione assume in quel momento? Accogliere il virtuale in psicoterapia significa renderlo materiale interpretabile, tenendo in considerazione il funzionamento psichico del paziente, la sua storia personale e la qualita della relazione transferale. Con il lockdown imposto dall'emergenza COVID-19 sono state necessarie ulteriori riflessioni intorno a questi temi: virtuale e diventato anche il setting della psicoterapia e questo ha dato vita a nuovi scenari, ponendo limiti ma anche aprendo opportunita. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
    • Correction
    • Cite
    • Save
    • Machine Reading By IdeaReader
    0
    References
    0
    Citations
    NaN
    KQI
    []