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==Sigmund Freud==
In ''[[Analysis Terminable and Interminable]]'', [[Freud]] asks:
<blockquote>"Is there such a [[thing]] as a [[natural]] end to an analysis?"<ref>{{F}} ''[[Sigmund Freud:Bibliography|Analysis Terminable and Interminable]]'', 1937. [[SE]] XXIII p.219</ref></blockquote>
==Various formulationsJacques Lacan==[[Lacan]] conceives of 's answer is that [[psychoanalytic treatment]] is a [[progress|logical process]] with a beginning and an end-point, designated as the "[[end of analysis]] in various ways".
===Aim===The [[Lacanend of analysis|''end'' of analysis]] describes must be distinguished from the ''[[end End of analysis|aim]]'' of [[psychoanalytic treatment]] in various ways.
:1. In the early 1950s, The [[Lacanend of analysis|aim]] describes the of [[end of analysistreatment]] as "is to lead the advent of a true [[speechanalysand]] and the realization by to articulate the '''[[subjecttruth]] of his ''' [[historyabout]]" -- that is, as coming to terms with one's own his or her [[death|mortalitydesire]].<ref>{{E}} p.88</ref>
:<blockquote>"The While not all [[subjecttreatment|analyses]] ... begins the analysis by speaking about himself without speaking are carried through to youtheir [[progress|conclusion]], or by speaking to you without speaking about himself. When he can speak to you about himself, the any [[treatment|analysis will ]] -- however incomplete -- may be over."<ref>{{Ec}} p.373, nregarded as successful when it achieves this [[end of analysis|aim]]. 1</ref></blockquote>
:2. In 1960, [[Lacan]] describes The question of the [[end of analysis]] as is therefore something more than whether a state of [[anxietytreatment|course]] and of [[anxietytreatment|abandonmentanalytic treatment]] -- that has or has not achieved its aim; it is, as a state question of whether or not the [[helplessnesstreatment]] has reached its [[logical]] [[End of analysis|end-point]].
===Definition===[[Lacan]] conceives of this [[End of analysis|end-point]] in various ways. :1. In the early 1950s, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as "the advent of a [[true]] [[speech]] and the realization by the [[subject]] of his [[history]]" -- that is, as coming to [[terms]] with one's own [[death|mortality]].<ref>{{E}} p. 88</ref> :<blockquote>"The [[subject]] ... begins the analysis by [[speaking]] about himself without speaking to you, or by speaking to you without speaking about himself. When he can [[speak]] to you about himself, the analysis will be over."<ref>{{Ec}} p. 373, n. 1</ref></blockquote> :2. In 1960, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as a [[state]] of [[anxiety]] and [[anxiety|abandonment]] -- that is, as a state of [[helplessness]]. :3. In 1964, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as the point when the [[analysand]] "traverses the radical [[fantasy]]."<ref>{{S11}} p.273</ref>
:4. In the final decade of his teaching, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as an "[[identification]] with the ''[[sinthome]]''."
====Position of Analysand and Analyst====
In general, the [[end of analysis]] involves two fundamental changes in the respective [[discourse|subjective positions]] of
 
* the [[analysand]] -- the "[[subjective destitution]]" of the [[analysand]], and
 
* the [[analyst]] -- the "[[loss of being]]" ([[French]]: ''[[désêtre]]'') of the [[analyst]].
 
The [[analyst]] is reduced -- from the [[discourse|position]] of the [[subject-supposed-to-know]] -- to a mere [[surplus]], a [[objet petit a]], the [[cause]] of the [[analysand]]'s [[desire]].
 
====Passage from Analysand to Analyst====
For [[Lacan]], the [[end of analysis]] is also the passage from [[analysand]] to [[analyst]] -- for all [[psychoanalysts]] must undergo [[analytic treatment]] from beginning to end before [[being]] allowed to [[practice]] as [[analysts]].
 
Since [[Lacan]] argues that all [[psychoanalysts]] should have experienced the [[process]] of [[analytic treatment]] from beginning to end, the [[end of analysis]] is also the passage from [[analysand]] to [[analyst]].
 
<blockquote>"The true termination of an analysis" is therefore no more and no less than that which "prepares you to become an analyst."<ref>{{S7}} p. 303</ref></blockquote>
===Misconceptions===
====Identification with the Analyst====
[[Lacan]] criticizes those [[psychoanalysts]] who describe the [[end of analysis]] in terms of [[identification]] with the [[analyst]].
==Subjective Destitution==For [[Lacan]], it is not only possible, but necessary to go beyond [[identification]], for otherwise it is not [[psychoanalysis]] but [[suggestion]] -- which is the antithesis of [[psychoanalysis]].
The ====Transference====[[Lacan]] also criticizes those [[psychoanalysts]] who describe the [[end of analysis]] involves two fundamental changes in terms of "liquidation" of the respective subjective positions of [[transference]].
* For [[Lacan]], this erroneous view is based on a misunderstanding of [[transference]] -- as a kind of [[illusion]] which can be transcended -- which overlooks the [[analysandsymbolic]] [[nature]] of [[transference]] -- the "as an essential [[subjective destitutionstructure]]" of the [[analysandspeech]].
* the Although [[analystanalytic treatment]] -- does involve the "[[loss of beingresolution]]" (of the [[Frparticular]]. ''[[désêtretransference|transference relationship]]'') of established with the [[analyst]], [[transference]] itself still subsists after the [[end of analysis]].
====Other Misconceptions====The [[analyst]] is reduced -- from the position end of the [[subject-supposed-to-know]] -- to a mere [[surplus]], a [[objet petit a]], the [[cause]] of the [[analysand]]'s [[desireanalysis]].does not involve:
* the strengthening the [[ego]]
* the [[adaptation]] to [[reality]]
* the [[disappearance]] of the [[symptom]]
* the [[cure]] of an underlying disease (e.g.''[[neurosis]]'')
==Passage from Analysand to Analyst==For [[Lacan]], [[analysis]] is not essentially a [[treatment|therapeutic process]] but rather a [[search]] for [[truth]] -- and the [[truth]] is not always beneficial.<ref>{{S17}} p. 122</ref>
For ==See Also=={{See}}* [[LacanAnalysand]], the * [[end of analysisAnalyst]] is also the passage from ||* [[analysandFantasy]] to * [[analystSinthome]] -- for all ||* [[psychoanalystsSpeech]] must undergo * [[analytic treatmentSubject]] from beginning to end before being allowed to practice as ||* [[analystsSymptom]].* [[Transference]]{{Also}}
Since ==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>[[LacanCategory:Psychoanalysis]] argues that all [[psychoanalystsCategory:Jacques Lacan]] should have experienced the process of [[analytic treatmentCategory:Dictionary]] from beginning to end, the [[end of analysisCategory:Treatment]] is also the passage from [[analysandCategory:Concepts]] to [[analystCategory:Terms]]. {{OK}}
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