Source: Freud’s Headset by Paul Joannides If you are a therapist, you might be frustrated that sheltering in place has forced you to do teletherapy instead of seeing patients in your office. That's how I felt 20 years ago when I first started doing teletherapy. But I wouldn't have it any other way now. Twenty years ago, I had a thriving private psychoanalytic practice in Los Angeles. Although I am trained as a psychoanalyst, I rarely used a couch and almost always worked with patients face to face. But when my wife's mother was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, we moved to a different state and everything changed. Lewy body dementia is a cross between dementia and Parkinson's disease. We'd never heard of it before, but it had resulted in my mother-in-law believing an imaginary family was living in her house. Fortunately, she was happy–unlike Robin Williams, who also had Lewy body dementia. She did not become agitated, anxious or dull as might be expected with dementia. My wife's mom was delighted to have an imaginary family living with her. She would set places at the table for each member of the imaginary family and put children's shows on the TV for… Read full this story
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