Psychoanalysis: a misunderstood discipline or an outdated practice? This week, La Loupe questions “talk therapy”. In this first episode, Victor Garcia, a journalist in the Science and Health department, and Etienne Girard, editor-in-chief of the Society department, explain why this discipline, neglected in most countries, remains firmly established in France.
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The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation), Léa Bertrand (writing and editing) and Jules Krot (direction).
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Charlotte Baris: If I say “psychoanalysis,” the image you see is probably pretty clear: a couch in the corner of a dimly lit room on which the patient lies. Behind him, a leather armchair where the therapist sits, with his notebook and pen. Maybe there’s even a box of tissues within reach. The session can begin.
These scenes of psychoanalysis are found almost exactly on television and in the cinema. In the French film “Paris” by Cédric Klapisch, Fabrice Luchini plays Roland Verneuil, a historian and professor at the Sorbonne, who comes to consult a psychoanalyst for the first time. More recently, the patients have appeared one after the other in the series “En thérapie” on Arte.
It is precisely this representation that the journalists of L’Express have decided to dissect, and that we explore all week through 4 episodes. Because if the practice is neglected almost everywhere else, France is an exception, in Europe in particular. So why is psychoanalysis so influential in our country? The answer in the first episode of our series “Psychoanalysis on the couch”.
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