Secretaries to the Psychotic Subject – Seminar III

In this seminar, we will continue to retrace the signifying chain of Lacan’s early seminar, reading aloud and discussing one lecture therefrom each time we meet. Between sessions, participants will be encouraged to read the texts Lacan cites. By proceeding this way, we will revisit Freud’s writings impacted by the effects of an encounter with the symbolic apparatus of Lacan’s teaching and our own speaking in session. Those who are practicing are invited to share any clinical material that resonates with what emerges in our readings and conversations. All are welcome.

Readings:

Freud, S. Selections from The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. Ed. J. Strachey.

Lacan, J.  The seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book 3: The Psychoses – 1955-1956, (1993). Trans. R. Grigg. WW Norton & Company.

Schreber, D.P. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness. Trans. I. Macalpine & R. A. Hunter. New York Review of Books.

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Dates and times: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 8:00pm EST, January through May 2026.

Fee: $150 or School Tuition.

Contact: butcher.casey@gmail.com.