1st Edition

The Clinical Case in Psychoanalysis A Lacanian Perspective

By Luis Izcovich Copyright 2026
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

The Clinical Case in Psychoanalysis explores the question of what makes a ‘case’ in psychoanalysis, more than a century after Freud invented analytic treatment. Luis Izcovich brings a Lacanian perspective to this important issue, asking under what conditions we can affirm that a case is a case of the psychoanalytic clinic. Izcovich examines the evolution of clinical vignettes in contemporary... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1

A Clinic Like No Other

Chapter 2

The Unconscious Knowledge and the Original Symptom

Chapter 3

From Particular Fantasy to Singular Symptom

Chapter 4

The Case-Based Clinic in Psychosis

Chapter 5

The Symptom of End

Chapter 6

To Make Use of One’s Singularity

Biography

Luis Izcovich is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst based in Paris. He is a founding member of the EPFCL (École de Psychanalyse des Forums du Champ Lacanien). He also serves as the Director of Editions Stilus and teaches psychoanalysis at the Clinical College of Psychoanalysis in Paris. His extensive scholarly work includes numerous books published in multiple languages including English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.