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The term "[[desire of the analyst]]" is ambiguous, and oscillates between two meanings in [[Lacan]]'s [[Jacques Lacan:Bibliography|work]].
====Desire ''ProperAttributed'' to the Analyst====In the second first sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" simply refers to the ''actual'' [[desire]] that the [[analysand]] attributes to the [[analyst]]. In the first sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the [[desire]] that the [[analysand]] attributes to the [[analyst]](in his [[mindpsychoanalytic treatment]] or . In the first sense of the term, the "[[psychedesire of the analyst]] -- " refers to the [[desire]] ''properattributed'' to the [[analyst]], which animates by the [[analystanalysand]] in the way he directs the [[psychoanalytic treatment]].
In [[psychoanalytic treatment]], the [[analyst]] attributes [[desire]] to the [[analyst]] (as well as [[knowledge]]).
Thus the phrase "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the [[desire]] that the [[analysand]] attributes to the [[analyst]] rather to the actual [[desire]] in the [[mind]] or [[psyche]] of the [[analyst]].
====Desire ''Proper'' to the Analyst====
In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" simply refers to the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]](in his [[mind]] or [[psyche]] -- the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]], which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs the [[treatment]].
=====Psychoanalytic Treatment=====
