| Lutecium a non-school of Lacanian/Freudian Psychoanalysis San Francisco, California |
| Clinical Case Conference I Marian Joycechild, Ph.D. |
Freud invented a new type of relationship. As analysts we do not address people’s suffering through education, advice, support, or
nurturance, although at times the analysand may experience any or all of these from us. Our focus is a careful listening to our patients
to find what is locking up their own abilities to solve their problems. Their own personalities have been formed in ways that have
unconsciously restricted their ability to think freely about their emotional lives. Different theories address different approaches to
finding split off parts of the self. Lacanians listen to the words and sounds of the analysand for signifiers that repeatedly push through
from the unconscious. Object relations analysts listen to their own countertransference for clues to ways analysands may be projecting
unwanted parts of themselves into their listener.
In this case conference we will practice listening to each other’s cases to enhance our ability to listen for the unconscious. We will think
together about how to interpret the material based on what we hear. This can be an opportunity for members to try out Lacanian
ideas. I look for the analysands to span diverse cultures, ages, and levels of functioning. In the United States, psychoanalysis came to
be associated as an opportunity for the privileged elite. In this case conference we will offer psychoanalytic insight to all who seek us.
The structure of the case conference is that we will plan for one member to present a case each evening.
nurturance, although at times the analysand may experience any or all of these from us. Our focus is a careful listening to our patients
to find what is locking up their own abilities to solve their problems. Their own personalities have been formed in ways that have
unconsciously restricted their ability to think freely about their emotional lives. Different theories address different approaches to
finding split off parts of the self. Lacanians listen to the words and sounds of the analysand for signifiers that repeatedly push through
from the unconscious. Object relations analysts listen to their own countertransference for clues to ways analysands may be projecting
unwanted parts of themselves into their listener.
In this case conference we will practice listening to each other’s cases to enhance our ability to listen for the unconscious. We will think
together about how to interpret the material based on what we hear. This can be an opportunity for members to try out Lacanian
ideas. I look for the analysands to span diverse cultures, ages, and levels of functioning. In the United States, psychoanalysis came to
be associated as an opportunity for the privileged elite. In this case conference we will offer psychoanalytic insight to all who seek us.
The structure of the case conference is that we will plan for one member to present a case each evening.
| The Case Conference meets 6pm - 8pm on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the Flood Building, 870 Market Street, San Francisco The Winter 2010 dates are: 1/6, 1/20, 2/3, 2/17, 3/3, 3/17 |
