Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research
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Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR) is a psychoanalysis
research, training and low-cost treatment centre located in London
, United Kingdom
. CFAR is a member organisation of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
. CFAR operates within the psychoanalytic tradition of Sigmund Freud
and Jacques Lacan
.
. It was established as a charity with the purpose of advancing education for the benefit of the public in particular by the provision of training and seminars in psychoanalysis.
In association with Karnac Books CFAR has published The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library which aims to make classic Lacanian texts available in English for the first time, as well as publishing original research in the Lacanian field:
(‘Trust, Assurance and Safety – The Regulation of Health
Professionals in the 21st Century’ ) which stated that "The government is planning to introduce statutory regulation for…psychotherapists and counsellors…" and that "…psychotherapists and counsellors will be regulated by the Health Professions Council
, following that Council’s rigorous process of assessing their regulatory needs and ensuring that its system is capable of accommodating them".
As a response to this proposed regulation by the Health Professions Council (HPC) , CFAR was one of the organisations that contributed to the Maresfield report which opposed the suitability of the HPC as a regulating body for the professions of counselling and psychotherapy
in the UK.
Following on from this report, CFAR was one of six organisations that called for a judicial review
of whether or not the HPC had, in fact, fully assessed the regulatory needs of the professions or properly determined if it was the most appropriate body to provide such regulation . On Friday 10th December 2010, a Judicial Review Permission Hearing under The Hon. Mr Justice Burton at the Royal Courts of Justice
found against the Health Professions Council and granted permission to proceed towards a Judicial Review of the proposals for regulation under the HPC. On the 16th of February 2011 the UK government - in its command paper
‘Enabling Excellence’ - halted the project to regulate counselling, psychotherapy and other talking treatments via the HPC.
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
research, training and low-cost treatment centre located in London
London
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, United Kingdom
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. CFAR is a member organisation of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy exists to promote and maintain high standards in the practice of psychotherapy for the benefit of the public throughout the United Kingdom...
. CFAR operates within the psychoanalytic tradition of Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...
and Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy, and has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud". Giving yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, Lacan influenced France's...
.
History
The Centre was founded in 1985 by Bice Benvenuto, Professor Bernard Burgoyne, Richard Klein and Darian LeaderDarian Leader
Darian Leader is a British psychoanalyst and author. He is a founding member of CFAR, the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research.-Books:* Lacan for Beginners, 1995, later editions with a changed title: Introducing Lacan...
. It was established as a charity with the purpose of advancing education for the benefit of the public in particular by the provision of training and seminars in psychoanalysis.
Courses
CFAR offers introductory and advanced courses in psychoanalysis, and trains psychoanalysts within the context of its clinical training programme. Seminars are given by visiting Lacanian analysts from France, Belgium, Spain and Australia.Publications
The Centre publishes a Journal JCFAR which contains articles on psychoanalytic themes from a Freudian and Lacanian perspective.In association with Karnac Books CFAR has published The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library which aims to make classic Lacanian texts available in English for the first time, as well as publishing original research in the Lacanian field:
- Sexual Ambiguities - by Geneviève Morel
- The Trainings of the Psychoanalyst - by Annie Tardits
- Freud and the Desire of the Psychoanalyst - by Serge Cottet
- Lacan and Levi-Strauss or The Return to Freud (1951-1957) - by Markos Zafiropoulos
Challenge to Health Professions Council
In February 2007 the UK Government published a white paperWhite paper
A white paper is an authoritative report or guide that helps solve a problem. White papers are used to educate readers and help people make decisions, and are often requested and used in politics, policy, business, and technical fields. In commercial use, the term has also come to refer to...
(‘Trust, Assurance and Safety – The Regulation of Health
Professionals in the 21st Century’ ) which stated that "The government is planning to introduce statutory regulation for…psychotherapists and counsellors…" and that "…psychotherapists and counsellors will be regulated by the Health Professions Council
Health Professions Council
The Health Professions Council is a statutory regulator of 210,000 health professionals from 15 professions in the United Kingdom. It was set up in 2003 under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, to replace the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine ....
, following that Council’s rigorous process of assessing their regulatory needs and ensuring that its system is capable of accommodating them".
As a response to this proposed regulation by the Health Professions Council (HPC) , CFAR was one of the organisations that contributed to the Maresfield report which opposed the suitability of the HPC as a regulating body for the professions of counselling and psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
in the UK.
Following on from this report, CFAR was one of six organisations that called for a judicial review
Judicial review
Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. Specific courts with judicial review power must annul the acts of the state when it finds them incompatible with a higher authority...
of whether or not the HPC had, in fact, fully assessed the regulatory needs of the professions or properly determined if it was the most appropriate body to provide such regulation . On Friday 10th December 2010, a Judicial Review Permission Hearing under The Hon. Mr Justice Burton at the Royal Courts of Justice
Royal Courts of Justice
The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is the building in London which houses the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the High Court of Justice of England and Wales...
found against the Health Professions Council and granted permission to proceed towards a Judicial Review of the proposals for regulation under the HPC. On the 16th of February 2011 the UK government - in its command paper
Command paper
A command paper is a document issued by the British government and presented to Parliament. White papers, green papers, treaties, reports from Royal Commissions and various government bodies can all be released as command papers, so-called because they are presented to Parliament formally 'By Her...
‘Enabling Excellence’ - halted the project to regulate counselling, psychotherapy and other talking treatments via the HPC.