Skip to content

SCIENTIFIC MEETING – Early, Late and Contemporary Lacan in the Clinic

SCIENTIFIC MEETING - Early, Late and Contemporary Lacan in the Clinic

Presenter: Judith Hamilton MD, FRCP (Psych)

Wednesday, February 10, 2021: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All.

** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This Scientific Meeting is available via Zoom meeting only. Preregistration is required. Please RSVP via email at psychoanalyst@bellnet.ca. Please note that registration closes 48 hours prior to the meeting date.

This presentation will demonstrate the uses of various Lacanian concepts as they arise in the clinic of psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic patients. Lacan’s writing is divided into two phases, the early Lacan and the late Lacan, which are now followed by further developments in what I am calling contemporary Lacan. The early Lacan was a continuous discussion on Freud’s papers with amplification of Freud’s ideas, additional insights into the theory and different ways of conceptualizing the aims of psychoanalysis and techniques for achieving them, within the framework of transference and interpretation. These may yet be more useful for work with neurotic patients. The late Lacan addresses Lacan’s realization that bringing about the end of an analysis requires further development in theory, now his own adventures and inventions in a theory of the mind. This went along with the appearance of other-than-neurotic patients coming for treatment, and a necessary revision of the aims of psychoanalysis, and the techniques required to achieve them. The widening scope of diagnoses, formulations, patients and situations in which Lacanian concepts can be usefully employed has been the focus of contemporary Laconians.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this presentation participants will be able to:

  1. Be familiar with the main concepts introduced to psychoanalysis by Jacques Lacan and his followers.
  2. Appreciate some contributions that a Lacanian viewpoint makes to classical and contemporary psychoanalytic techniques.
  3. Appreciate the application of Lacanian-based techniques to a wide range of patients in contemporary society.
Judith Hamilton, MD, FRCP (Psych)

Psychiatrist/Psychoanalyst in Private Practice. She teaches in the ATPPP and in the Extension Program of the TPS. She is a co-founder of Lacan Toronto. Faculty TPS&I.

The Scientific Meetings are eligible for Section 1 CME credits (0.5 credits/hour).

For more information about and for registration in the tps&i Extension Programs, Scientific Meetings, Training Programs, Study and Supervision groups and Special Presentations, please visit our website: torontopsychoanalysis.com or email info@torontopsychoanalysis.com

Back To Top