Psychoanalysis Student at @espace_freudien Freudo-lacanian Theoretical, Practical Orientation Pgdip in Philosophy, Member of @PhilosophySaudi (Cybernetics-CCRU)
Nov 17, 2025 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Psychoanalysis Is Not ‘Better Therapy’ - It’s Not Therapy At All
Dr. Allen Frances recently argued against psychoanalysis in favor of brief psychodynamic therapy - calling psychoanalysis too rigid, too long, and too expensive. This critique is common in American psychiatry. This critique fundamentally misunderstands what analysis is. "Let me explain why. [1/14]"1/ The confusion begins with a category error: psychoanalysis operates as praxis, not as medical therapy. Therapy aims at symptom relief, behavioral modification, ego-strengthening. Analysis aims at something else entirely: the subject’s confrontation with what is most Real in their desire.
