Speaking is the core of humanity. Listening is the heart of psychoanalysis.
“Negation is a way of taking cognizance of what is repressed”
(Freud, 1925, p. 235)
(Freud, 1925, p. 235)
This workshop relies on an oral transmission and dynamic discussions based on the clinical material brought by participants to the group. In a Lacanian School we must not miss the impossible, the unsayable and thus must face the ultimate emptiness of signification. Working with the unconscious, we rely on some kind of knowing of “unknowingness”. How does it sound like when an analysand speaks? How do we experience the precarious position of the analyst? The format of this workshop is based on open presentations of clinical material, open questions, theoretical texts we read and discuss together, and the exploration of weaving theory and clinic.
The following themes will be discussed and explored during the workshop: The 1st session, the position of the analyst, diagnosis, ethics in the room, RSI in the room, symptom and Sinthome, jouissance in the room, returning to a Freud’s case, control analysis and transmission of psychoanalysis, the last session or the end of analysis.
Suggested readings
Fink, B. (1997). A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis. Theory and Technique. London, England: Harvard University Press.
Fink, B. (2007). Fundamental of Psychoanalytic Technique: A Lacanian Approach for Practitioners. New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company.
Fink, S. (2017). A Clinical Introduction to Freud: Technique for Everyday Practice. New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company.
Verhaeghe, P. (2008). On Being Normal and Other Disorders: A Manual for Clinical Psychodiagnostics. London, UK: Karnak. First published in 2004 by Other Press.
Verhaeghe, P. & Declercq, F. (2022). Lacan’s analytical goal: “Le Sinthome” or the feminine way. In L. Thurston (ed.), Essays on the final Lacan. Reinventing the symptom. New York, NY: The Other Press, pp 59-83.
Facilitator Dr. Cécile Gouffrant, [email protected]
Dates The 3rd Saturday of each month, September 2023 to June 2024
(2023 - 9/16, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16 & 2024 - 1/20, 2/17, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15)
Time 10 am-12 pm Pacific Time, 1 pm-3 pm Eastern Time
Location Online via Zoom
Fee $350.00 or tuition
Open to the Members of the School. Others interested in joining should contact the facilitator since they may be accepted on a case by case basis.
This workshop relies on clinical material presented. Anyone attending agrees to not record the meetings, and to never disclose either material presented or discussions.
Seminar offered by the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis
The following themes will be discussed and explored during the workshop: The 1st session, the position of the analyst, diagnosis, ethics in the room, RSI in the room, symptom and Sinthome, jouissance in the room, returning to a Freud’s case, control analysis and transmission of psychoanalysis, the last session or the end of analysis.
Suggested readings
Fink, B. (1997). A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis. Theory and Technique. London, England: Harvard University Press.
Fink, B. (2007). Fundamental of Psychoanalytic Technique: A Lacanian Approach for Practitioners. New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company.
Fink, S. (2017). A Clinical Introduction to Freud: Technique for Everyday Practice. New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company.
Verhaeghe, P. (2008). On Being Normal and Other Disorders: A Manual for Clinical Psychodiagnostics. London, UK: Karnak. First published in 2004 by Other Press.
Verhaeghe, P. & Declercq, F. (2022). Lacan’s analytical goal: “Le Sinthome” or the feminine way. In L. Thurston (ed.), Essays on the final Lacan. Reinventing the symptom. New York, NY: The Other Press, pp 59-83.
Facilitator Dr. Cécile Gouffrant, [email protected]
Dates The 3rd Saturday of each month, September 2023 to June 2024
(2023 - 9/16, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16 & 2024 - 1/20, 2/17, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15)
Time 10 am-12 pm Pacific Time, 1 pm-3 pm Eastern Time
Location Online via Zoom
Fee $350.00 or tuition
Open to the Members of the School. Others interested in joining should contact the facilitator since they may be accepted on a case by case basis.
This workshop relies on clinical material presented. Anyone attending agrees to not record the meetings, and to never disclose either material presented or discussions.
Seminar offered by the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis