Obsessional symptoms appear to be a common feature in the presentation of modern analysands. Perhaps a reflection of an ever more individualistic and achievement based society, the obsessional subject poses particular challenges to the successful conduction of the analytic act. Following Freud, Lacan asserts that there are three basic structures: Psychosis, Perversion, and Neurosis- the latter includes both Hysteria and Obsession. Each of these constellations offers a particular dynamic structuration with regards to the relationship of the subject to Other and the object, resulting in his unique way of desiring, suffering and enjoying.
We will discuss the above elements by re-visiting the cases of Ratman, Wolfman, and brief clinical vignettes of this writer. We will exemplify how the above mentioned elements can be located within the Lacanian registers of the Imaginary, Symbolic and Real and how that helps the analyst to assert a therapeutic strategy. We will open the discussion to the particular challenges the analyst faces with these types of constellations, proposing that the exercise of a rigorous ethics is of utmost importance if the treatment wants to be advanced and not get caught in a repetition of an obsessional logic.
Location: The Arbutus Club 2001 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4A1 Terrace Room
Time: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cost: Members & Guests: No charge | Non-Members: $ 40.00 | Students, VIP: $ 25.00
For further information please contact: Judith Setton-Markus at jsettonmarkus@shaw.ca or 604 264-0002
[button color=”#903844″ background-color=”#F5687A” size=”medium” src=”http://www.wcpsi.digitalswan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/WBCPS_MtgNov22-2014.pdf”]Download printable PDF Registration Form[/button]Hilda Fernandez practises Lacanian psychoanalysis and is a founder member of the Lacan Salon in 2007. She currently works as a Lacanian psychoanalyst in private practice and as a therapist for Vancouver Coastal Health, working with populations touched by suicide. She has an MA in Clinical Psychology (UNAM), an MA in Spanish Literature (UBC), and more than 18 years of Lacanian training with Latin-American and European Lacanian Psychoanalysts. The group she founded, the Lacanian Salon, shares, discusses and promotes the transmission of psychoanalytic discourse by engaging with the works of Jacques Lacan and Sigmund Freud. The Salon is open to all and allows the confluence of the clinical, the academia, and the community at large. Ms. Fernandez was the president of the Western Canada Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association (WCPPA) from 2005-2007. She is originally from Mexico, passionate about the transmission of psychoanalysis, and committed to building community.
“This event is an accredited group learning activity (section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA). The specific opinions and content of this event are not necessarily those of the CPA, and are the responsibility of the organizer(s) alone.” CME Units: 3
Scientific Program Committee: Judith Setton-Markus (Chair), Karin Holland Biggs, James Fabian, Endre Koritar, Catherine Young, Orlando Frizado, Karla Maranhao, Donna Paproski, Joseph Steiman