Lacan’s Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Richard D. Chessick, M.D., Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 41, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.571

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Lacan’s efforts in the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of patients with structural deficits aim at separating truth, desire, and ideals from each other so that the analysand is freed up to find or create the desire that gives him or her “joy.” This paper presents Lacan’s use of the “bridge metaphor” towards that purpose, and illustrates the application of Lacan’s early concepts in actual clinical work.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 41 • Number 4 • 1987, pp. 485–637

Pages: 571 - 579

PubMed: 3434650

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Published in print: 1987, pp. 485–637

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Richard D. Chessick, M.D., Ph.D.^*

Evanston, IL

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Professor of Psychiatry, Northwestern University; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago. Mailing address: Suite 628, 636 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201.

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The author wishes to thank Professor Ellie Ragland-Sullivan, Department of French, University of Illinois, for her invaluable assistance with his efforts to understand Lacan.

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Lacan’s Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

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