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PSYCHOANALYSis ====Psychoanalysis====The term "[[treatment]]" designates the ''[[practice]]'' of [[psychoanalysis]] -- as opposed to the ''[[theory ]]'' of [[psychoanalysis]]. Although the
The term has a specific [[meaning]] in [[psychoanalytic theory]] which is quite different from the way it is [[understood]] in [[psychiatry|medicine]].
====Aim====
In [[particular]], the [[end of analysis|aim]] of [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]] is not to "heal" or "cure" the [[analysand]], in the [[sense]] of developing a perfectly healthy [[psyche]].
[[Structure|Clinical structures]], such as [[neurosis]], [[psychosis]] and [[perversion]] are essentially "incurable."
The [[end of analysis|aim]] of [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]] is to lead the [[analysand]] to articulate this [[truth]].
term was inherited by psychoanalysis from medicine====Analytic Process====The [[treatment]] is a [[progress|process]] with a definite direction, it has acquired a''[[structural]] [[progress]]ion'' with a beginning, middle, and end.
specific meaning in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory =====Beginning=====The ''beginning'', or "point of entry into the [[analytic]] [[situation]]", is a ''contract'', or "''pact''", between the [[analyst]] and the [[analysand]] which is quite differentincludes the [[analysand]]'s agreement to abide by the [[Fundamental Rule]].
from Following the way it is understood in medicine. In particularinitial consultation, the aim a series of psychoface-to-face preliminary interviews take [[place]].
analytic treatment is not seen by Lacan as 'healing' or 'curing' people in theThese preliminary interviews have several aims.
sense # They enable a properly [[psychoanalytic]] [[symptom]] to be constituted in place of producing the vague collection of complaints often brought by the [[patient]]. # They allow [[time]] for the [[transference]] to develop. # They permit the [[analyst]] to ascertain whether or not there is really a perfectly healthy psyche. The [[demand]] for [[psychoanalysis]], and also to hypothesize [[about]] the [[clinical structures ]] [[structure]] ofthe [[analysand]].
neurosis=====Middle=====After the preliminary interviews, psychosis and perversion are seen as essentially 'incurablethe [[treatment]] is no longer conducted face to face, but with the [[analysand]] reclining on a couch while the [[analyst]] sits behind him, out of the [[analysand]]', ands field of [[vision]] (the couch is not used in the [[treatment]] of [[psychotic]] [[patient]]s).
As he [[free associates]], the aim of analytic treatment [[analysand]] works through the [[signifier]]s that have determined him in his [[history]], and is simply to lead driven by the analysand very [[process]] of [[speech]] itself to articulate something of his[[desire]].
truth=====End=====This is a [[dynamic]] process which involves a [[conflict]] between a force which [[drives]] the [[treatment]] on (see [[transference]], [[desire of the analyst]]) and an opposing force which blocks the process (see [[resistance]]).
Lacan argues that the treatment The [[analyst]]'s task is a to direct this process with a definite direction(not to direct the [[patient]]), aand to get the process going again when it gets stuck.
structural progression with a beginning, middle and end (see END OF ANALYSIS).==See Also=={{See}}* [[Analysand]]* [[Analyst]]* [[Desire of the analyst]]||* [[End of analysis]]* [[Neurosis]]* [[Perversion]]||* [[Progress]]* [[Psychoanalysis]]* [[Psychosis]]||* [[Resistance]]* [[Speech]]* [[Transference]]{{Also}}
The beginning, or 'point of entry into the analytic situation', is a contract, or==References==<references/>
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ment to abide by the fundamental rule. Following the initial consultation, a series of face-to-face preliminary interviews take place. These preliminary interviews have several aims. Firstly, they enable a properly psychoanalytic symptom to be constituted in place of the vague collection of complaints often brought by the patient. Secondly, they allow time for the transference to develop. Thirdly, they permit the analyst to ascertain whether or not there is really a demand for psychoanalysis, and also to hypothesise about the clinical structure of the analysand. After the preliminary interviews, the treatment is no longer conducted face to face, but with the analysand reclining on a couch while the analyst sits behind him, out of the analysand's field of vision (the couch is not used in the treatment of psychotic patients). As he free associates, the analysand works through the signifiers that have determined him in his history, and is driven by the very process of speech itself to articulate something of his desire. This is a dynamic process which involves a conflict between a force which drives the treatment on (see TRANSFERENCE, DESIRE OF THE ANALYST) and an opposing force which blocks the process (see RESISTANCE). The analyst's task is to direct this process (not to direct the patient), and to get the process going again when it gets stuck.__NOTOC__
