Many years ago I consulted an analyst, who was visiting our society, for supervision regarding an analysand, whose unconscious position vis a vis his wife was one of dependency and of a maternal/incestuous nature. He was beginning to act out, causing potential harm to himself. I was very encumbered by this case and it was obvious to this analyst, that I was carrying the weight of a rhinoceros on my shoulders, that it had become difficult to hold my position. I wanted to barge in with a solution without properly listening. Towards the end of the session, she said: "This man is a 'motherf..cker'". My sense of relief was immediate and the weight had shifted. This supervision taught me about bearing the real of the clinic and taking responsibility for listening, i.e., the value of true respons(a)bility.
Rik Loose
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Il y a de nombreuses années, j'ai consulté dans l'urgence une analyste pour une supervision à propos d’un analysant qui venait de faire un acting-out. J'étais sérieusement encombré par ce cas. Pour cette analyste, de passage dans notre société locale pour le travail, il était évident que je portais sur mes épaules le poids d'un rhinocéros. Il m’était difficile, en effet, de tenir une position correcte. J'avais juste envie de trouver une solution, sans bien écouter ce dont il s’agissait. Vers la fin de la séance, elle m’a dit simplement ceci : « Cet homme est un motherf..cker ». Le soulagement a été immédiat : le poids s'est déplacé. Cette séance m'a appris la valeur de la vraie respons(a)bilité.
Rik Loose
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In Supervision
While the School guarantees a link between the analyst and the formation it provides, there is no format to this formation in force. With Lacan, the traditionally compulsory supervision was replaced by a desired supervision. And yet, torn from the standards promoted by a certain tradition, supervision does not raise fewer ethical concerns. It is a must, as Lacan put it, in the interest of protecting the patient from the harmful effects of a blind practice. While Lacan was de-standardising the practice of supervision, he simultaneously established it as essential. Since his Founding Act Lacan articulated work and supervision: "Those who enter the School will commit themselves to fulfilling a task subject to both internal and external supervision [contrôle]” [1].It can be said that the more supervision was deregulated, the more widespread it became: supervision of work, of practice and then of analysis. As J.-A. Miller notes, the pass is "the most demanding method of supervision that psychoanalysis has invented” [2].
For the Question of the School we have chosen to take a look at the practice of supervision by giving a voice to the supervisees. We are interested in the practice, for which Lacan preferred the term super-audition to super-vision. Whether it is experienced by confirmed analysts or by young trainees, supervision allows the analyst to remain in the position of analysand and thus of a worker. In this sense, supervision guarantees a space where the work transference that is fitting for a School of Psychoanalysis, can be experienced. It enables the long-standing analyst to remain alert in his or her practice, while offering the younger analyst the opportunity to find his or her bearings. It's up to the rhinoceros to open an eye now and then! And also, what can the usages of supervision after the pass teach us? Let's not let the cat out of the bag too soon! To know more about it it is better to participate in the Question of the School.
For the Executive Committee, Patricia Bosquin-Caroz, President
[1] Lacan J., "Founding Act", in Television, New York: Norton, 1990, p. 97.
[2] Miller J.-A., "Qui sont vos psychanalystes?", Paris, ed. Seuil, Champ Freudien collection, 2002, p. 11
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« Donc, celui qu’il faut faire parler, à la fin d’une analyse, c’est le patient, et d’abord le patient qui veut faire l’analyste. Voilà l’idée de la passe. [. . .] C’est la méthode de contrôle la plus exigeante qui ait été inventée en psychanalyse. Elle contrôle l’analyste installé, qui sait que son patient peut aller raconter l’histoire de sa cure à un aéropage de confrères. Elle contrôle l’analyste à venir, qui doit étayer sa prétention à se dire psychanalyste. »
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