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About

Sinthome
Lacanian School
of Psychoanalysis

I. MISSION

 

 

OUR MISSION IS TO ENGAGE IN CLINICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING LACANIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS, WHILE ENSURING THE ETHICAL COMPETENCE OF PSYCHOANALYSTS AUTHORIZED BY THE SCHOOL.

The working style of the Psychoanalytic School reveals itself through its teaching, and there is a necessary connection between the theory of the treatment direction and the structures created within the association to sustain the transmission of psychoanalysis and the dissemination of psychoanalytic knowledge.

Speaking about psychoanalysis directly relates to the legacy left to psychoanalysts by Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. They bequeathed to us an unassailable conviction that psychoanalysis is needed by the world and is needed by man.

There is no separation in this matter: as a result of the Möbius strip, we have a continuity between psychoanalysis and its intention and the dissemination of psychoanalysis. We believe that teaching psychoanalysis must be connected with one's own analysis and the dissemination of analysis.

Our task is to establish this continuity with the dissemination of psychoanalysis. Sinthome serves as a bridge between intention and dissemination. Both fall within the School's competence because it is the place where theory arising from practice is developed.


SINCE THE SUPPORT OF PSYCHOANALYSIS BECOMES DEPENDENT ON DISCIPLINING THOSE WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT, THE SCHOOL ESTABLISHES A BRIDGE BETWEEN TRANSFERENCE TO WORK AND THE ACT OF WORK.


II. MEMBERSHIP

PASSE

While presenting his plan for founding the École freudienne de Paris (EFP), Jacques Lacan said that those joining do not have to align themselves with it entirely. "It is not about the number of followers, but about determined workers, of whom [their existence] I now know." Elsewhere, he referred to the unconscious itself as the ideal worker. Thus, expressing in this way the Ideal-I, which we embraced fifty-nine years later, and decided that the only way to enter the School is through the passe, placing our trust in the unconscious as the means of recruiting and appointing our Members.

We consider the guarantees arising from the "pass" (fr. passe) as decisive when choosing a candidate for a School Member rather than a person's more or less complex predispositions, such as character traits, education, or mental health status. In psychoanalysis, there is no criterion of "normality" or being sufficiently prepared. This stems from the very nature of psychic conflict, in which the dimension of the divided subject emerges through the presence of the unconscious and logical time as a sign of anticipated certainty, following Lacan further.

Thus, if you have experience with your own analysis and are wondering whether you could become an analyst or already practice and seek support for your work, familiarize yourself with the mechanisms of the passe to begin the process of admission to the School. If, on the other hand, you have not undergone your analysis but find Lacanian psychoanalytic theory appealing, we encourage you to visit our Clinic, participate in open meetings, and... solve crosswords!

 

 

IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN BE LACANIANS. I AM A FREUDIAN.

Jacques Lacan, Opening of the meeting in Caracas, July 12, 1980

 

 

IV. HISTORY

The subject, as long as desire stands behind it, is present in discourse long before birth. In our case, Krzysztof Pawlak's desire was decisive. Tracing how this desire was realized, one can observe the path to establishing the School and its subsequent fate.

V. GENEALOGY

Since we have already come into existence, it is important to realize to ourselves and others where we have emerged from and where we derive ourselves. For the psychoanalytic movement, "succession" and the transmission of the mission of promoting psychoanalysis are significant matters. Is there something to promote? And what about "succession"? Does the psychoanalytic movement pass down the Holy Grail of psychoanalysis to generations of psychoanalysts? This matter will forever remain open for discussion. One thing we know for sure is that the Holy Grail of psychoanalysis is the mystery of Freud's desire, also known as the analytic desire. Does Sinthome have a connection with Freud? And Lacan? One can find out by following the graph below.

By using a continuous line →, we indicated the direction of transmitting psychoanalysis through personal analysis, and with a dashed line ⇢, we represented the vector of supervision. The fields of our School members were filled with black color. Last update: March 2023.

VI. VISITORS

We had the honor of hosting such distinguished guests as Elisabeth Roudinesco, Renata Salecl, Colette Soler, Luis Izcovich, Bruce Fink, Stuart Schneiderman, Marco Antonio Coutinho Jorge, Alain Didier-Weill, as well as Paola Mieli from Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association in New York and Raul Moncayo from Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis in Berkeley, California, and many others.

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