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==Sigmund Freud==
 
  
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>
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[[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] in various ways.
 
 
==Jacques Lacan==
 
 
 
According to [[Lacan]], it is indeed possible to speak of concluding an [[analysis]].
 
 
 
[[Lacan]] answers that 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]]'').
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The [[End of analysis|aim]] of [[psychoanalytic treatment]]
 
The [[End of analysis|aim of psychoanalytic treatment]]
 

Revision as of 20:21, 7 August 2006


Lacan describes the end of analysis in various ways.