Société Française de Psychanalyse
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The Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP) was a French psychoanalytic professional body formed in 1953, of which Jacques Lacan
was a founding member.
The early 1950s were a time of growing disagreements within the Société Parisienne de Psychanalyse (SPP), which is a member body of the International Psychoanalytical Association
(IPA). The dispute centred around the president Sacha Nacht and the vice-president Lacan and the focal point was Lacan's practice of "short sessions". In January 1953 Lacan became the organisation's president, but in June of the same year, after further disagreement and a vote of no confidence, five members resigned from SPP. One of the consequences of this move was to deprive the new group of membership within the IPA. These five were Lacan, Dolto
, Lagache
, Favez-Boutonnier and Reverchon-Jouve. They formed a new group, the Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP) and sought affiliation with the IPA.
In the following years a complex process of negotiation was to take place to determine the status of the SFP within the IPA. Lacan’s practice, with his controversial innovation of variable-length sessions, and the critical stance he took towards much of the accepted orthodoxy of psychoanalytic theory and practice led, in August 1963, to a condition being set by the IPA that the registration of the SFP was dependent upon Lacan being removed from the list of training analysts with the organisation.
Lacan refused such a condition and left the SFP to form his own school which became known as the École Freudienne de Paris
(EFP) in June 1964.
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...
was a founding member.
The early 1950s were a time of growing disagreements within the Société Parisienne de Psychanalyse (SPP), which is a member body of the International Psychoanalytical Association
International Psychoanalytical Association
The International Psychoanalytical Association is an association including 12,000 psychoanalysts as members and works with 70 constituent organizations. It was founded in 1910 by Sigmund Freud, on an idea proposed by Sándor Ferenczi...
(IPA). The dispute centred around the president Sacha Nacht and the vice-president Lacan and the focal point was Lacan's practice of "short sessions". In January 1953 Lacan became the organisation's president, but in June of the same year, after further disagreement and a vote of no confidence, five members resigned from SPP. One of the consequences of this move was to deprive the new group of membership within the IPA. These five were Lacan, Dolto
Françoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto , was a French doctor and psychoanalyst, famous for her research on babies and childhood. Dolto revolutionized the field of psycho-therapeutic work with babies and with the mother baby dyad....
, Lagache
Daniel Lagache
French physician, psychoanalyst, and professor at the Sorbonne, Daniel Lagache was born on December 3, 1903, in Paris, where he died on December 3, 1972.'He was one of the leading figures in twentieth century French psychoanalysis.-Career:...
, Favez-Boutonnier and Reverchon-Jouve. They formed a new group, the Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP) and sought affiliation with the IPA.
In the following years a complex process of negotiation was to take place to determine the status of the SFP within the IPA. Lacan’s practice, with his controversial innovation of variable-length sessions, and the critical stance he took towards much of the accepted orthodoxy of psychoanalytic theory and practice led, in August 1963, to a condition being set by the IPA that the registration of the SFP was dependent upon Lacan being removed from the list of training analysts with the organisation.
Lacan refused such a condition and left the SFP to form his own school which became known as the École Freudienne de Paris
École Freudienne de Paris
The École Freudienne de Paris was a French psychoanalytic professional body formed in 1964, of which Jacques Lacan was a founding member....
(EFP) in June 1964.