It has been since forever that man as a speaking subject has used metaphors to describe the world. Jacques Lacan is the first to bring this fact into a psychoanalytic context, noting that this very metaphorization draws reference from another metaphor that is primordial, where the individual takes his mirror...
What is psychoanalysis?
The Cyprus Society of the SFL is organising a seminar event in Ispra, Italy on 12th of April 2023 responding to the question of what is psychoanalysis? The event will consist of two seminars presented by psychoanalysts of the School of the Freudian Letter Petros Patounas and Penny Georgiou. Speaker: Petros Patounas...
The Black and White series
On Thursday 9th of February, the Cyprus Society of the School of the Freudian Letter is hosting Charoula Pilavaki and Petros Patounas, in the first interview of “The Black & White series”. The topic of this first interview is: Desire and Act Description: In the process of translating the Dark Quotes of...
Introduction to the Verbeing
On Friday 18th of November, Mihailo Maksimovic, member of the Serbian Society of the SFL, will deliver a seminar entitled: ‘Introduction to the Verbeing’. A few words by Mihailo: This is an introductory seminar about my studies and research on the concept of the Verbeing. It is my attempt to...
The Round Table Discussions – Facilitated by Penny Georgiou
‘Geography’ by Chara Pilavaki On Wednesday 9th of November, Chara Pilavaki will give a presentation on Geography during the Round Table dialogues, which are facilitated by Penny Georgiou. A few words by Chara: During our Round Table discussion, I would like to talk about Geography. In other words, how the body of a...
How do we supervise Lacanianly?
On Friday 21st of October, Petros Patounas will present the seminar “How do we supervise Lacanianly?” During the presentation the speaker will touch upon key issues in Freudian and Lacanian supervision, such the psychoanalyst’s own fantasy of a body, the analysand as phallus, what material might be important to present...
Dream analysis in Lacanian psychoanalysis
On Wednesday 5th of October Mihailo Maksimovic, member of the Serbian Society of the SFL, will deliver a seminar entitled: ‘Dream analysis in Lacanian psychoanalysis’. This seminar deals with the exploration of what dreams are, what is their work and function, what is the process of their analysis according to...
The Round Table Discussions – Facilitated by Penny Georgiou
The Round Table Discussions will take place in 6 sessions across the year and will be hosted via the Zoom platform, with a duration of 1.5 hours. Participants are invited to speak for a few minutes about a book, a chapter, a paragraph, a quote or a concept relevant to...
Catatonia: from sound to the voice
On Wednesday 6th of July, Marinos Maliali Lacanian psychoanalyst, will deliver a case study entitled: ‘Catatonia: from sound to the voice’. This is an insightful case study presentation on the preliminary stage of Analysis aiming at facilitating the space for structuring the analysand’s voice. The title of this case study...
On the formation of analysts: from the subject to the verb
On Wednesday 29th of June, Marinos Maliali, Lacanian psychoanalyst in formation with the SFL, will deliver a seminar on the topic: ‘On the formation of analysts: from the subject to the verb’ and it is based on the article ‘On the Verbification of the Subject of the Unconscious‘ from the book ‘On...
Actum est Litteralis
Le titre ne fait pas référence à n’importe quel acte : Cet Acte est un Acte littéral. La caractérisation semble paradoxale car le sens littéral ne peut que concerner les figures de style dans le discours, comme la métaphore et la métonymie. Comment se fait-il qu’un acte puisse être littéral...