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   In "'''[[Analysis Terminable and Interminable]]," ''' [[Sigmund Freud]] reflects upon whether it is ever possible to  discusses the question of whether it is ever possible to conclude an [[analysis]], or whether all analyses are necessarily incomplete (Freud, 1937c).   [[Jacques Lacan's answer to this question is ]] asserts that it is indeed possible to speak of concluding an analysis. Although not all analyses are carried through to their conclusion, analytic treatment is a logical [[process]] which has an end, and Lacan designates this end-point by the The term '[[end of analysis]]' (Fr. ''fin d'analyse'').Given that many analyses are broken off before the  analytic treatment is a logical [[process]] which has an end of analysis is reached, the question arises as to whether such analyses can be considered successful or not. To answer this question it is necessary to distinguish between the end of analysis and the aim of psychoanalytic [[treatment]].