Introduction: Questions about internal, external and shared frames, types of loss, methods for scientific dialogue, and the sources of power and authority

The institutional debates about the inclusion of teleanalysis in psychoanalytic training, as well as about session frequency in training, involve important questions grounded in psychoanalytic practice and experience. The divergent views on these matters will require close collaboration between as many members of the International Psychoanalytic Association as possible to understand their reasons. Our common ground as psychoanalysts may lie most of all in our ability to do this psychoanalytic exploratory work together. Ultimately, the authority behind institutional decisions must derive from the authority of psychoanalysis as a clinical and scientific discipline which we develop and perfect together.