A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Theory and Technique

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by Bruce Fink

Harvard University Press

Due/Published September 1999, 320 pages, paper

ISBN 0674135350

New in paper! (F99)

Harvard makes it very clear that this is a book written by a clinician for clinicians. That being said, it is a clear and practical guide to Lacanian psychoanalysis, how it is done, and how it differs from other forms of therapy. Exploring many of Lacan's theoretical notions, it does so from the perspective of the practitioner faced with the pressing questions of diagnosis, what therapeutic stance to adopt, how to involve the patient, and how to bring about chance. Fink provides a comprehensive overview of Lacanian analysis explaining the analyst's aims and interventions ate each point in the treatment. Four case studies are used to exemplify Lacan's unique structural approach to diagnosis. These cases, taking up both theoretical and clinical issues in Lacan's views of psychosis, perversion, and neurosis, highlight the very different approaches to treatment that different situations demand. Travel at your own risk.

"Bruce Fink has established his place as one of the central authorities on Lacan in this country, without peer in his familiarity with all phases of Lacan's work and in the clarity of his exegeses. Fink presents something that has not yet been seen in America, and rarely approached with such perspicacity anywhere: an introduction to Lacanian psychoanalysis not only as theory, but as clinical methodology and practice."--Kenneth Reinhard, University of California, Los Angeles