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==Jacques Lacan==The term "[[desire of the analyst]]" is ambiguous, and oscillates between two meanings in [[Lacan]]'s [[Jacques Lacan:Bibliography|work]]. ====Desire ''Attributed'' 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 [[psychoanalytic treatment]] (in addition to [[knowledge]]), rather than to the ''actual'' [[desire]] in the [[analyst]]'s [[mind]] or [[psyche]]. In the first sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the [[desire]] that the [[analysand]] ''attributes'' to the [[analyst]] in [[psychoanalytic treatment]] (in addition to [[knowledge]]), rather than to the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]] (in his [[mind]] or [[psyche]]).

=====Desire ''Proper'' to the Analyst=====In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]], the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]] (in his [[mind]] or [[psyche]]), which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs the [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]].

In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]], the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]], which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]].=====Psychoanalytic Treatment=====In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]], the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]], which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs the [[treatment]].  In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]] (in his [[mind]] or [[psyche]]), which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]]: the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]]. In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]], which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs the [[treatment]]: the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]]. In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]], which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]]: the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]].

=====Psychoanalytic Treatment=====The task of the [[analyst]] throughout the [[treatment]] is to make it [[impossible ]] for the [[analysand]] to be sure that he [[knows ]] what the [[analyst]] wants from him; the [[analyst]] must make sure that his [[desire]] "remains an x" for the [[analysand]].<ref>{{S11}} p. 274</ref>

In this way the [[analyst]]'s supposed [[desire]] becomes the [[treatment|driving force]] of the [[analytic]] [[process]], since it keeps the [[analysand]] [[working]], trying to discover what the [[analyst]] wants from him.

By presenting the [[analysand]] with an enigmatic [[desire]], the [[analyst]] occupies the [[position ]] of the [[Other]], of whom the [[subject]] asks "'''[[Che vuoi?]]'''" ("What do you [[want ]] from me?"), with the result that the [[subject]]'s [[fantasy|fundamental fantasy]] emerges in the [[transference]].

Nor is it a [[desire]] to "do [[good]]" or "to [[cure]]"; on the contrary, it is "a non-desire to cure."<ref>{{S7}} p. 218</ref>

Rather than [[identification]], the [[analyst]] [[desire]]s that the [[analysand]]'s own unique [[truth]] emerge in the [[treatment]], a [[truth]] that is absolutely different to that of the [[analyst]]; the [[analyst]]'s [[desire]] is thus "a desire to obtain absolute [[difference]]."<ref>{{S11}} p. 276</ref>

====Training====How is it that the [[analyst]] comes to be guided by the [[desire]] which is proper to his function?

In the course of this [[treatment]] there will be a mutation in the [[economy ]] of [[desire]] in the [[analyst|analyst-to-be]]; his [[desire]] will be [[structure|restructured]], [[structure|reorganized]].<ref>{{S8}} p. 221-2</ref>