A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis by Bruce Fink

A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis by Bruce Fink

Introduction

Jacque Lacan was the French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who was born in the year 1901 and died in the year 1981. He began his discovery related to the minds of human. He started his discovery and research because during accomplishing his work Lacan observed and explored that there had been some situations which are not possible to be put in plain words somatically. Thus, for understanding the patients of psychology, it was inadequate to understand and get available knowledge related to the human body only (E. Bleuler, 1950). However, there is a need to be familiar with the condition in general. Like other doctors, Freud, had come across the similar problems. As a result, Lacan made a decision to reread Freud carefully. Later studies in the field of psychology grasped his attention. In these research works, the focus of analyst transferred from an exploration of a real truth to the concepts and ideas of a multilayered and complex idea related to truth (E. Bleuler, 1950). Steadily, Lacan extended his concepts and ideas of the Imaginary Order, the Real and the Symbolic Order. In spite of greater complexities in the writings of Lacan, many of Lacan's clinical innovations and notions are possible to be simply and clearly formulated or devised (E. Bleuler, 1950). There are many books and researches available which highlight that what actually Lacanian psychoanalysis involves and what are such factors which make it distinguishable from other types of therapies, whether these therapies are psychoanalytically oriented or not. The book has been designed especially for clinicians such as psychologists, psychoanalysts, counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, psychiatrists and soon (E. Bleuler, 1950). Furthermore, the book intends also to provide effective knowledge to such people who are interested in entering into this therapy. This book intends to provide training to new therapists and also help in supervising such clinicians who are already involved in practice. While conducting research, it has been observed and revealed that there were few clinicians who had prior knowledge related to the work of Lacan (E. Bleuler, 1950). Yet, the researchers found to be capable of finding common grounds related to their clinical experience. The researchers dealt with different types of problems which were being confronted by a huge range of clinical practitioners (E. Bleuler, 1950). The researchers convinced the patients to involve in the therapy. They further dealt with the patient's demand and anxiety, handled transference love, kept their prejudices or biasness out of therapeutic setting, kept back their own feelings against or for the patients and worked with the sarcasm, criticism and aggression of patient (E. Bleuler, 1950).

Discussion

Desire in Analysis

According to my perception, clinicians with many of their different and diverse point of views found the wok of Lacan fairly accessible when it was deployed for elucidating real and tangible individual case histories and clinical situations. Thus, the book entails many examples for illustrating the points which will ...