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treatment (cure) The term 'treatment' (cure) designates the practice of[[psychoanalysis]] as opposed to the theory of psychoanalysis.
PSYCHOANALYSis as opposed to Although the term was inherited by psychoanalysis from medicine, it has acquired a specific meaning in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory of psychoanalysiswhich is quite different from the way it is understood in medicine. Although the
In particular, the aim of psycho-analytic treatment is not seen by Lacan as 'healing' or 'curing' people in thesense of producing a perfectly healthy psyche.
The clinical structures of neurosis, psychosis and perversion are seen as essentially 'incurable', and the aim of analytic treatment is simply to lead the analysand to articulate his truth.
Lacan argues that the treatment is a process with a definite direction, a structural progression with a beginning, middle and end (see [[end of analysis]]).
The beginning, or 'point of entry into the analytic situation', is a contract, or
'pact', between analyst and analysand which includes the analysand's agreement to abide by the fundamental rule.
term was inherited by psychoanalysis from medicineFollowing the initial consultation, it has acquired aseries of face-to-face preliminary interviews take place.
specific meaning in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory which is quite differentThese preliminaryinterviews have several aims.
from the way it is understood Firstly, they enable a properly psychoanalyticsymptom to be constituted in medicine. In particular, place of the aim vague collection of psycho-complaints oftenbrought by the patient.
analytic treatment is not seen by Lacan as 'healing' or 'curing' people in Secondly, they allow time for thetransference todevelop.
sense of producing Thirdly, they permit the analyst to ascertain whether or not there isreally a perfectly healthy psyche. The demand for psychoanalysis, and also to hypothesise about the clinical structures structure ofthe analysand.
neurosis, psychosis and perversion are seen as essentially 'incurable', and
the aim of analytic treatment is simply to lead the analysand to articulate his
truthAfter the preliminary interviews, the treatment is no longer conducted face to face, but with the analysand reclining on a couch while the analyst sits behind him, out of the analysand's field of vision (the couch is not used in the treatment of psychotic patients).
Lacan argues As he free associates, the analysand works through the signifiers that have determined him in his history, and is driven by the treatment is a very process with a definite direction, aof speech itself to articulate something of his desire.
structural progression with This is a beginningdynamic process which involves a conflict between a force which drives the treatment on (see [[transference]], middle [[desire of the analyst]]) and end an opposing force which blocks the process (see END OF ANALYSISseee [[resistance]]).
The beginning, or 'point of entry into the analytic situation', is a contract, or  'pact', between analyst and analysand which includes the analysand's agree-  ment to abide by the fundamental rule. Following the initial consultation, a  series of face-to-face preliminary interviews take place. These preliminary  interviews have several aims. Firstly, they enable a properly psychoanalytic  symptom to be constituted in place of the vague collection of complaints often  brought by the patient. Secondly, they allow time for the transference to  develop. Thirdly, they permit the analyst to ascertain whether or not there is  really a demand for psychoanalysis, and also to hypothesise about the clinical  structure of the analysand.  After the preliminary interviews, the treatment is no longer conducted face  to face, but with the analysand reclining on a couch while the analyst sits  behind him, out of the analysand's field of vision (the couch is not used in the  treatment of psychotic patients). As he free associates, the analysand works  through the signifiers that have determined him in his history, and is driven by  the very process of speech itself to articulate something of his desire. This is a  dynamic process which involves a conflict between a force which drives the  treatment on (see TRANSFERENCE, DESIRE OF THE ANALYST) and an opposing force  which blocks the process (see RESISTANCE). The analyst's task is to direct this  process (not to direct the patient), and to get the process going again when it  gets stuck.
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