Difference between revisions of "End of analysis"

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Is there such a thing as a natural end to an analysis?^[1]

According to Lacan, it is indeed possible to speak of concluding an analysis.

Although not all analyses are carried through to their conclusion, analytic treatment is a logical process which has an end, and Lacan designates this end-point by the term "end of analysis" (Fr. fin d'analyse).

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 ==Sigmund Freud==
-In ''[[Analysis Terminable and Interminable]]'', [[Freud]] posits the following question:
+In ''[[Analysis Terminable and Interminable]]'', [[Freud]] asks:
 <blockquote>Is there such a thing as a natural end to an analysis?<ref>{{F}} ''[[Analysis Terminable and Interminable]]''. 1937. [[SE]] XXIII p.209-253</ref> </blockquote>
+==Jacques Lacan==
-[[Freud]] discusses the question of whether it is ever possible to conclude an [[analysis]], or whether all [[analyses]] are necessarily incomplete.
+According to [[Lacan]], it is indeed possible to speak of concluding an [[analysis]].
-Is analysis terminable? How, and in what sense?
+Although not all [[analyses]] are carried through to their conclusion, [[analytic treatment]] is a logical process which has an end, and [[Lacan]] designates this end-point by the term "[[end of analysis]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[fin d'analyse]]'').