ABSTRACT
Like most candidates, we would generally prefer in-person analysis, but there were no analysts in our place of residence in Panama and our family commitments did not permit relocation to a centre of psychoanalytic training. So we were grateful to have the option of teleanalysis, some of us using the telephone and some of us preferring Skype, each of us to varying degrees of satisfaction with the use of technology to have psychoanalysis. The use of technology also made it possible for us to participate in a distance learning programme of psychoanalytic education. After graduation we all brought clinical expertise and theoretical knowledge to share with other mental health professionals. Each of us will now share some thoughts on the theory and technique of teleanalysis compared to traditional in-person analysis, based on our reading and our personal experience. As we proceed, we prefer not to indicate which of us is the “I” in our individual narratives in order to protect the privacy of our patients and ourselves.
