Psychoanalytical Association (DPV) on the use of digital media in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. The approach taken in these drafts is broadly convergent with our own and we are grateful to the Chair of the British working party, Mr David Riley, and to the President of the DPV, Dipl. Psych. Maria Johne, for allowing us to see these in confidence. Our report ends with some general conclusions and a set of specific recommendations. The recommendations are intended to foster and strengthen a culture of confidentiality in the IPA and among its members. The feedback we have received concerning the draft report broadly shows a strongly positive appreciation of it. Where the comments have been critical they have been made from a wide range of positions. Rather than trying to modify the body of the draft report to take account of all the points raised, and the different positions from which they have been made, we have opted to restrict changes to the text to a necessary minimum, and to provide separately a synopsis and discussion of the remainder of them (see section 10). It has been suggested that the IPA should delay publication of this report to allow time for further discussion of some contentious issues. The Committee believes, however, that the best way of ensuring the widest possible discussion of all the issues raised in the report is not to delay its publication but instead for the IPA to use the report itself as a basis and focus for discussion.
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