About La Parole
Where the word matters
The name "La Parole" is a tribute to the concept that Jacques Lacan establishes as the center of the analytic experience: the word .
We believe that it is through speech (in a space of qualified listening) that an individual can weave their own story, elaborate on their questions and find new ways of dealing with their discomfort.
We are a space dedicated to clinical care and studies in Lacanian psychoanalysis, committed to offering a safe and ethical environment for your voice.
About us
La Parole is a clinic that arises from the encounter of the singular with the collective, where the trajectories of three Brazilian psychoanalysts living in France intersect due to their common interest in keeping alive a process of permanent training in psychoanalysis, permeated by the migratory experience.
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A place for your voice
The experience of being "foreign" — foreign in another culture, foreign to another language, and foreign within ourselves as an altogether new way of existing — encourages us to listen sensitively to the issues of interculturality and the unfamiliar that reside within each of us.
This experience abroad puts us in direct contact with what we call, in psychoanalysis, the Other. The Other is not just another person, but represents the realm of language, culture, and rules that welcome us into the world and shape us as individuals. It is the address of our most intimate discourse. When immigrating, the encounter with another language and another culture makes this dimension much more concrete.
However, this experience is not exclusive to immigrants. We are all, in some way, foreign to ourselves. The analytical journey is, in itself, a movement of opening to unfamiliarity. It is an invitation to listen to oneself in a new way and reposition oneself in relation to one's own story.
As psychoanalyst Mirta Goldstein said:
"The subject under analysis is an immigrant, migrating from one subjective position to another."
Thus, based on the experience of shared training, combined with personal analysis and supervision, our objective is to offer online services guided by the ethics of psychoanalysis.
Our commitment is to responsible practice, free from moral and normative judgments about your conduct, which respects and embraces your uniqueness.
What is a psychoanalytic clinic?
Psychoanalysis is a clinical practice that investigates the causes of suffering through the patient's speech and listening.
The Lacanian clinic, through the transference that occurs between patient and analyst, offers itself as a space open to the manifestation of the unconscious. This specificity consists of a non-prescriptive listening approach that opens doors to welcoming the narrative of one's own story, the discomfort, unease, and other forms of suffering that may permeate the individual's life, such as anxiety, depression, and trauma. At La Parole, our clinical practice is based on Lacanian psychoanalysis, supervision, and ongoing theoretical study, in addition to the clinical experience of our psychoanalysts.
Driven by the desire to understand one's own symptoms and discover their root causes, the analysis process aims to enable a person to reposition themselves in the face of psychological suffering. This opens up the possibility of new ways of being and existing in their relationships with themselves and others.
Psychoanalysis, therefore, acts according to the uniqueness of each individual, toward an emancipatory truth. To this end, it is supported by an ethical practice: free from moral and normative judgments about conduct.
Projects
In addition to providing care, our practice is supported by a continuous process of theoretical and clinical development. These projects are the foundation of our work, ensuring the connection between theory and practice and the ethics that guide our listening.
Internal reading of Lacan's seminars
Interdisciplinary Research
Intervision Group
An in-depth study group where we read and discuss Jacques Lacan's original texts in French. In it, we investigate and explore central psychoanalytic concepts that underpin our clinical practice, such as the unconscious, the symptom, and desire.
Research that seeks to connect psychoanalysis with other fields of knowledge, such as philosophy. This practice broadens our theoretical understanding and enriches clinical work.
A confidential and ethical space for professionals to discuss clinical cases. This process is essential for improving our listening skills and guiding theoretical studies in analyst training.
