End of analysis

Sigmund Freud

In Analysis Terminable and Interminable, Freud asks:

Is there such a thing as a natural end to an analysis?

Jacques Lacan

According to Lacan, 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 term "end of analysis" (Fr. fin d'analyse).