As part of the activities of the Israeli self psychology community during the covid19 crisis, and as the lockdown period nears its end in Israel, Donna Orange was invited to a Zoom discussion with the Chair of the Israel Association for Self Psychology and the Study of Subjectivity, Claudia Kogan. It was titled: “Crisis and Transformation-An Overview of Potentials and Possibilities.” The discussion that was born out of this initiative is interesting and relevant to everyone, not just to the Israeli members. It relates to what is at stake for us as analysts and therapists in light of this global crisis. How can we conduct an “humanistic psychoanalysis” in which kindness and dignity are profound aspects? How can we stay open to the suffering of our fellowmen when we are in danger ourselves? How can we provide each other with selfobject experiences? These are some of the subjects that were discussed during the meeting.

Crisis and Transformation-An Overview of Potentials and Possibilities

Donna M. Orange, Ph.D., Psy.D., is Educated in philosophy, clinical psychology and psychoanalysis, Donna teaches at NYU Postdoctoral Program and IPSS (Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York) among others.
Donna’s Recent books are: Thinking for Clinicians (2010),
The Suffering Stranger: Hermeneutics for Everyday Clinical Practice (2011),
Nourishing the Inner Life of Clinicians and Humanitarians (2016) and Climate Crisis,Psychoanalysis, and Radical Ethics (2017), and Learning to Hear: Psychoanalysis, History, and Radical Ethics (2019, in press).

Claudia Kogan, is a Clinical Psychologist and Supervisor, Chair of the Israel Association for Self Psychology and the Study of Subjectivity. Founder, faculty and Former Chair of the Three-Year program for the Studies of Self Psychology, faculty at Human Spirit Program and at the Self Psychology Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.