Betty Milan, "Analyzed by Lacan: A Personal Account" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
b"Analyzed by Lacan: A Personal Account\\xa0(Bloomsbury, 2023) brings together the first English translations of\\xa0Why Lacan,\\xa0Betty Milan's memoir of her analysis with Lacan in the 1970s, and her play,\\xa0Goodbye Doctor, inspired by her experience.\\nWhy Lacan\\xa0provides a unique and valuable perspective on how Lacan worked as psychoanalyst as well as his approach to psychoanalytic theory. Milan's testimony shows that Lacan's method of working was based on the idea that the traditional way of interpreting provoked resistance.\\nPrior to\\xa0Why Lacan, Milan wrote a play,\\xa0Goodbye Doctor, based on her experience as Lacan's patient. The play is structured around the sessions of Seriema with the Doctor. Through the analysis, Seriema discovers why she cannot give birth, namely, an unconscious desire to satisfy the will of her father who didn't authorize her to conceive. She ceases to be the victim of her unconscious, grasps the possibility of choosing a father for her child and thus becoming a mother.\\xa0Goodbye Doctor\\xa0has been adapted into a film,\\xa0Adieu Lacan, by the director Richard Ledes.\\nAnalyzed by Lacan\\xa0features an Introduction by Milan to both works as well as a new interview with Mari Ruti about her writing and Lacan.\\nMatthew Pieknik, LCSW, MA is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in Manhattan. He can be reached at\\xa0matthewpieknik@gmail.com. www.matthewlpieknik.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology"