Linking Seminar is this Saturday!


Hi Everyone,

I wanted to send you all a reminder that the Linking Seminar of the Chicago Vector of the Lacanian Compass is happening this Saturday 11/11.

The doors to the event will open at 9:00 am and we will start presenting content promptly at 10:00 am.

In the email below, you should be able to find information about everything related to:

  • Program / schedule
  • Speaker
  • Location
  • Food served at the event, and what is available near by
  • Readings / texts we will reference during the event

If anyone has question about the event please email me directly.

If you know anyone who wants to sign up for the event, but has not done so yet, please have them use this link or the button below. The current registration cost is $80.00.


Program:

Arrival & Introduction

  • 9:30-10:00 Arrive & check in.
  • 10:00-10:30 Opening remarks & introductions

Session 1 | Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy

  • 10:30-11:45 Lecture 11:45-12:15 Q&A
  • 12:15-12:30 Coffee break & Conversation

Session 2 | Pure Psychoanalysis & Applied Psychoanalysis

  • 12:30-1:45 Lecture 1:45-2:30 Q&A

Lunch (catered from The Outpost Mexican Eatery)

  • 2:30-3:30

Clinical Cases

  • 3:30-4:00 Case Readings 4:00-5:00 Case Discussions

Close

  • 5:00-5:15 Clean up 5:30 - ? Meet up, hang out, talk.

Linking Seminar | 2023

Topic: Pure and Applied Psychoanalysis // Psychotherapy


Linking Seminar II

Saturday, 11/11/2023

Count Down to the Event:

Count down to 2023-11-11T16:00:00.000Z

What to Expect:

Juan-Felipe Arango -- (AP), (WAP, (NLS), (NEL).

Special Guest | Juan-Felipe Arango

President of the Lacanian Compass, Member of the NLS, NEL, & WAP, (AP)

This year's speaker will be the Lacanian Compass President, Juan-Felipe Arango. Juan holds a BA in psychology from the University of Antioquia in Columbia, a DEA in psychoanalysis from the University of Paris VIII, and is a practicing analyst (AP) in Miami. In addition to his leadership role in the Lacanian Compass, Juan is a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP), the New Lacanian School (NLS), and the Nueva Escuela Lacaniana (NEL).

Juan will present a theoretical seminar with a Q&A session in the morning. In addition, Juan will facilitate a discussion of two clinical cases in the afternoon.

Location:

This year, the seminar will take place at 1125 Franklin Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515.

This venue will have ample parking, is a short (3-5 minute) walk from the Main Street Downers Grove Metra Station, and has many places nearby to get food or coffee during the lunch break and/or if people want to hang out and socialize after the event.



Food:

The Lunch will be from The Outpost Mexican Eatery. There will be vegetarian options.


To Prepare / Syllabus:

To prepare for the seminar, it would be a good idea to become familiar with the orienting texts below.

The Direction of the Treatment and the Principles of its Power

By Jacques Lacan

Chapter 22 in the Écrits (pp. 445-488).

A copy of the Écrits can be purchased via Amazon for about $30.00

Analysis Laid Bare

By Jacques-Alain Miller

One of the orienting texts we plan to use for the seminar is Analysis Laid Bare.

The Lacanian Press recently published this text and can be purchased via Amazon for $20.00


Pure Psychoanalysis, Applied Psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy

By Jacques-Alain Miller

Jacques-Alain Miller gave this lecture on the differences and similarities between the two different forms psychoanalysis can take and various forms of psychotherapy.

This text can be accessed online for free.

Guiding Principles for any Psychoanalytic Act

by Éric Laurent

A short text where Laurent describes eight distinct but related principles involved in any psychoanalytic act.

This text can be accessed online for free.

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