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Early psychoanalysis emphasized the active role of the psychoanalyst, who
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intervened, interpreted, "analyzed," and the patient was, at least in theory, the person on whom some form of therapeutic activity was practiced. The patient was the "analysand" of a psychoanalyst, who possessed the necessary theoretical knowledge from having first "undergone" the initiatory experience of psychoanalysis himself.
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British authors were the first to use the gerundive form "analysand" to refer to the patient in analysis. The term is found as early as 1925 in the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis and was regularly used by English authors before the Second World War. As psychoanalysis developed and spread, and as increasing emphasis was placed on the transference and counter-transference in the dynamics of therapy, the patient turned out to be at least as, and sometimes more, active than the analyst. In 1972 Joyce McDougall created the term "anti-analysand."
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Before 1967, Lacan refers to the one who is 'in' psychoanalytic treatment as the 'patient' (Fr. patient)          or the 'subject',        or  uses    the technical term (psych)analysÈ.       
 
Before 1967, Lacan refers to the one who is 'in' psychoanalytic treatment as the 'patient' (Fr. patient)          or the 'subject',        or  uses    the technical term (psych)analysÈ.       
However,    in    1967   Lacan   introduces   the   term (psych)analysant, based      on the English term '(psycho)analysand' (Lacan, 1967: 18). Lacan prefers this term because, being derived from the gerund, it indicates that the one who lies on the couch is the one who does most of the work. This contrasts with the old term (psych)analysÈ which, being derived from the passive participle, suggests either a less active participation in the analytic process, or that the analytic process has finished. In Lacan's view, the analysand is not 'analysed' by the analyst; it is the analysand who analyses, and the task of the analyst is to help him to analyse well.
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In 1967 Lacan introduces the term (psych)analysant, based      on the English term '(psycho)analysand' (Lacan, 1967: 18).  
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Lacan prefers this term because, being derived from the gerund, it indicates that the one who lies on the couch is the one who does most of the work.  
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This contrasts with the old term (psych)analysÈ which, being derived from the passive participle, suggests either a less active participation in the analytic process, or that the analytic process has finished.  
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In Lacan's view, the analysand is not 'analysed' by the analyst; it is the analysand who analyses, and the task of the analyst is to help him to analyse well.
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See also: Framework of the psychoanalytic treatment; Psychoanalytic treatment; Technique with adults, psychoanalytic.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 10:26, 5 June 2006

analysand/psychoanalysand (analysant/psychanalysant)


Early psychoanalysis emphasized the active role of the psychoanalyst, who


intervened, interpreted, "analyzed," and the patient was, at least in theory, the person on whom some form of therapeutic activity was practiced. The patient was the "analysand" of a psychoanalyst, who possessed the necessary theoretical knowledge from having first "undergone" the initiatory experience of psychoanalysis himself.

British authors were the first to use the gerundive form "analysand" to refer to the patient in analysis. The term is found as early as 1925 in the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis and was regularly used by English authors before the Second World War. As psychoanalysis developed and spread, and as increasing emphasis was placed on the transference and counter-transference in the dynamics of therapy, the patient turned out to be at least as, and sometimes more, active than the analyst. In 1972 Joyce McDougall created the term "anti-analysand."


Before 1967, Lacan refers to the one who is 'in' psychoanalytic treatment as the 'patient' (Fr. patient) or the 'subject', or uses the technical term (psych)analysÈ.



In 1967 Lacan introduces the term (psych)analysant, based on the English term '(psycho)analysand' (Lacan, 1967: 18).

Lacan prefers this term because, being derived from the gerund, it indicates that the one who lies on the couch is the one who does most of the work.

This contrasts with the old term (psych)analysÈ which, being derived from the passive participle, suggests either a less active participation in the analytic process, or that the analytic process has finished.

In Lacan's view, the analysand is not 'analysed' by the analyst; it is the analysand who analyses, and the task of the analyst is to help him to analyse well.


See also: Framework of the psychoanalytic treatment; Psychoanalytic treatment; Technique with adults, psychoanalytic.

References