===Stages===
[[Lacan]] conceives of this end-point in various ways:
:3. In 1964 he describes it as the point when the [[analysand]] has "[[traverse]]d the radical [[fantasy]]."<ref>{{S11}} p.273</ref>
:4. In the last decade of his teaching, he describes the end of analysis as "[[identification]] with the ''[[sinthome]]''", and as "knowing what to do with the sinthome." (see ''[[sinthome]]'')."
==Subjective Destitution==
Common to all these formulations is the idea that the [[end of analysis]] involves a change in the [[subjective position]] of the [[analysand]] (the [[analysand]]'s '[[subjective destitution]]'), and a corresponding change in the position of the [[analyst]] (the loss of [[being]] [[Fr]]. ''[[désêtre]]''] of the [[analyst]], the fall of the [[analyst]] from the position of the [[subject-supposed-to-know]]).
At the [[end of analysis]], the [[analyst]] is reduced to a mere [[surplus]], a pure [[objet petit a]], the [[cause of desire|cause of the analysand's desire]].
==Analytic Training==
Since [[Lacan]] argues that all psychoanalysts should have experienced the process of [[analytic treatment]] from beginning to end, the [[end of analysis]] is also the passage from [[analysand]] to [[analyst]].
<blockquote>"The true termination of an analysis" is therefore no more and no less than that which "prepares you to become an analyst."<ref>{{S7}} p.303</ref></blockquote>
==The Pass==
In 1967, Lacan introduced the procedure of the [[pass]] as a means of testifying to the [[end of analysis]].
By means of this procedure, [[Lacan]] hoped to avoid the dangers of regarding the [[end of analysis]] as a quasi-mystical, ineffable experience.
----Such a view is antithetical to [[psychoanalysis]], which is all about putting things into words.
Common to all these formulations is the idea that the end of analysis involves a change in the [[subjective position]] of the [[analysand]] (the analysand's '[[subjective destitution]]'), and a corresponding change in the position of the [[analyst]] (the loss of [[being]] [Fr. ''désêtre''] of the analyst, the fall of the analyst from the position of the [[subject-supposed-to-know]]).
At ==Identification with the Analyst==Lacan criticises those [[psychoanalysts]] who have seen the [[end of the analysis, the analyst is reduced to a mere [[surplus]], a pure in terms of [[objet petit aidentification]], with the [[cause of desire|cause of the analysand's desireanalyst]].
Since Lacan argues that all psychoanalysts should have experienced the In opposition to this view of [[processpsychoanalysis]] of analytic , [[treatmentLacan]] from beginning to end, states that the "crossing of the end plane of analysis identification is also the passage from [[analysand]] to [[analyst]]possible."<ref>{{S11}} p. 273</ref>
"The true termination of an analysis" Not only is it possible to go beyond [[identification]], but it is necessary, for otherwise it is therefore no more and no less than that not [[psychoanalysis]] but [[suggestion]], which "prepares you to become an analyst."<ref>{{S7}} pis the antithesis of [[psychoanalysis]].303</ref>
In 1967, Lacan introduced <blockquote>"The fundamental mainspring of the procedure of analytic operation is the [[pass]] as a means maintenance of testifying to the end of one's analysis. By means of this procedure, Lacan hoped to avoid distance between the dangers of regarding I - identification - and the end of analysis as a quasi-mystical, ineffable experience. Such a view is antithetical to psychoanalysis, which is all about putting things into words"<ref>{{S11}} p.273</ref></blockquote>
Lacan criticises those [[psychoanalyst]]s who have seen the end of analysis in terms of [[identification]] with the analyst.
In opposition to this view =='Liquidation' of psychoanalysis, the Transference==Lacan states also rejects the idea that the "crossing [[end of analysis]] involves the plane 'liquidation' of identification is possiblethe [[transference]]."<ref>{{S11}} p.273267</ref>
Not only is it possible to go beyond identification, but it is necessary, for otherwise it is not psychoanalysis but suggestion, which The idea that the [[transference]] can be 'liquidated' is based on a misunderstanding of the antithesis nature of psychoanalysis; "the fundamental mainspring of [[transference]], according to which the analytic operation [[transference]] is the maintenance viewed as a kind of the distance between the I - identification - and the a."<ref>{{S11}} p[[illusion]] which can be transcended.273</ref>
Lacan also rejects Such a view is erroneous because it entirely overlooks the idea that [[symbolic]] nature of the end transference; transference is part of analysis involves the 'liquidation' essential [[structure]] of the [[transferencespeech]].<ref>{{S11}} 267</ref>
The idea that the transference can be 'liquidated' is based on a misunderstanding of the nature of the transference, according to which the transference is viewed as a kind of Although [[illusionanalytic treatment]] which can be transcended. Such a view is erroneous because it entirely overlooks involves the resolution of the particular [[symbolictransference]] nature of relationship established with the transference; transference is part of the essential [[structureanalyst]] of , [[speechtransference]]. Although analytic treatment involves the resolution of the particular transference relationship established with the analyst, transference itself still subsists after the [[end of analysis]].
Other misconceptions of the end of analysis which Lacan rejects are: "strengthening the ego", "adaptation to reality" and "happiness". ==What it is not==
The end of analysis is not the disappearance Other misconceptions of the [[symptom]], nor the [[cure]] end of an underlying disease (e.g. [[neurosisanalysis]]), since analysis is not essentially a therapeutic process but a search for which [[truthLacan]]rejects are: "strengthening the ego", "adaptation to reality" and the truth is not always beneficial.<ref>{{S17}} p"happiness".122</ref>
The [[end of analysis]] is not the disappearance of the [[symptom]], nor the [[cure]] of an underlying disease (e.g. [[neurosis]]), since [[analysis]] is not essentially a therapeutic process but a search for [[truth]], and the [[truth]] is not always beneficial.<ref>54{{S17}} p.122</ref>
==See Also==
