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The  term  'treatment' (cure) designates the practice of [[psychoanalysis]] as opposed to the theory of psychoanalysis.
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Although the term  was inherited by psychoanalysis from medicine, it has acquired a specific meaning in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory which is quite different from the way it is understood in medicine.  
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====Psychoanalysis====
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The term "[[treatment]]" designates the ''[[practice]]'' of [[psychoanalysis]] -- as opposed to the ''[[theory]]'' of [[psychoanalysis]].
  
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.  
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The term has a specific [[meaning]] in [[psychoanalytic theory]] which is quite different from the way it is [[understood]] in [[psychiatry|medicine]].
  
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.
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====Aim====
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In [[particular]], the [[end of analysis|aim]] of [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]] is not to "heal" or "cure" the [[analysand]], in the [[sense]] of developing a perfectly healthy [[psyche]].
  
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]]).
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[[Structure|Clinical structures]], such as [[neurosis]], [[psychosis]] and [[perversion]] are essentially "incurable."
  
The beginning, or 'point of entry into the analytic situation', is a contract, or
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The [[end of analysis|aim]] of [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]] is to lead the [[analysand]] to articulate this [[truth]].
'pact', between analyst and analysand which includes the analysand's agreement to abide by the fundamental rule.  
 
  
Following the initial consultation, a series of face-to-face preliminary interviews take place.  
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====Analytic Process====
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The [[treatment]] is a [[progress|process]] with a definite direction, a ''[[structural]] [[progress]]ion'' with a beginning, middle, and end.
  
These preliminary interviews have several aims.  
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=====Beginning=====
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The ''beginning'', or "point of entry into the [[analytic]] [[situation]]", is a ''contract'', or "''pact''", between the [[analyst]] and the [[analysand]] which includes the [[analysand]]'s agreement to abide by the [[Fundamental Rule]].
  
Firstly, they enable a properly psychoanalytic
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Following the initial consultation, a series of face-to-face preliminary interviews take [[place]].  
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
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These preliminary interviews have several aims.
develop.  
 
  
Thirdly, they permit the analyst to ascertain whether or not there is
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# They enable a properly [[psychoanalytic]] [[symptom]] to be constituted in place of the vague collection of complaints often brought by the [[patient]].
really a demand for psychoanalysis, and also to hypothesise about the clinical
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# They allow [[time]] for the [[transference]] to develop.
structure of the analysand.
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# They permit the [[analyst]] to ascertain whether or not there is really a [[demand]] for [[psychoanalysis]], and also to hypothesize [[about]] the [[clinical]] [[structure]] of the [[analysand]].
  
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=====Middle=====
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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]] [[patient]]s).
  
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As he [[free associates]], the [[analysand]] works through the [[signifier]]s that have determined him in his [[history]], and is driven by the very [[process]] of [[speech]] itself to articulate something of his [[desire]].
  
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).  
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=====End=====
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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]]).  
  
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.  
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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.
  
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 (seee [[resistance]]).
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==See Also==
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{{See}}
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* [[Analysand]]
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* [[Analyst]]
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* [[Desire of the analyst]]
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* [[End of analysis]]
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* [[Neurosis]]
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* [[Perversion]]
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* [[Progress]]
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* [[Psychoanalysis]]
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* [[Psychosis]]
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* [[Resistance]]
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* [[Speech]]
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* [[Transference]]
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{{Also}}
  
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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==References==
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[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]
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[[Category:Treatment]]
[[Category:Jacques Lacan]]
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[[Category:Practice]]
[[Category:Sexuality]]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 21 May 2019

French: [[cure]]

Psychoanalysis

The term "treatment" designates the practice of psychoanalysis -- as opposed to the theory of psychoanalysis.

The term has a specific meaning in psychoanalytic theory which is quite different from the way it is understood in medicine.

Aim

In particular, the aim of psychoanalytic treatment is not to "heal" or "cure" the analysand, in the sense of developing a perfectly healthy psyche.

Clinical structures, such as neurosis, psychosis and perversion are essentially "incurable."

The aim of psychoanalytic treatment is to lead the analysand to articulate this truth.

Analytic Process

The treatment is a process with a definite direction, a structural progression with a beginning, middle, and end.

Beginning

The beginning, or "point of entry into the analytic situation", is a contract, or "pact", between the analyst and the analysand which includes the analysand's agreement 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.

  1. They enable a properly psychoanalytic symptom to be constituted in place of the vague collection of complaints often brought by the patient.
  2. They allow time for the transference to develop.
  3. They permit the analyst to ascertain whether or not there is really a demand for psychoanalysis, and also to hypothesize about the clinical structure of the analysand.
Middle

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.

End

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.

See Also

References