:: International Lacanian Review ::

	Psychoanalysts in Close Touch with the Social This engagement does not concern psychoanalysis as such, whose logical consequences are becoming ever more tangible in our culture, society and the ways of our times. This engagement concerns psychoanalysts and, with them, the health clinicians and practitioners and the social workers who find backing and resilience in psychoanalysis.... more.

	Variety in Practice: From the clinical type to the unique case in Psychoanalysis In an environment where diagnostic protocols are closely tied to evaluation measures, theory is either dispensed with entirely or applied in an automatic way and there is an evident growing tendency to use evaluative modes of therapy, psychoanalytic practice reintroduces the act of judging which is not universalizable. ... more.

	The Circle for the Lacanian Orientation of Omaha Reflections on a Social Birth- The Circle for the Lacanian Orientation was born out of the specific desires of four people, each of whom came together from different professional orientations with their inherent titles and responsibilities. There were two psychiatrists with definite interests in psychoanalysis, one college professor whose interest was in public administration and a therapist who had practiced many years in a clinic... more.

	The Object of Psychoanalysis We draw our Clinical Study Days to a close with an announcement for our next and third Clinical Study Days, to be held in 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska, with the participation of our good friend from France, Jean-Pierre Klotz. The title and the theme for the Study Days will be “The Object of Psychoanalysis,” a focus for our work over the next year that we have chosen to coordinate our work with our colleagues in the World Association of Psychoanalysis... more.