The analyst’s presence: place and function of the body of the psychoanalyst in different contexts of action.

Abstract:

Based on the propositions of Freud and Lacan, we aim to approach the place and function of the analyst’s body as conditions for the sustenance of the clinic. For this, we highlight four different work contexts: the clinic; public healthcare networks and psychosocial care; therapeutic accompaniment and online treatment. Thinking the psychoanalytic clinic in terms of tactic, strategy and politics, we found that the analytical act to be guided by the ethics of psychoanalysis and ensured in sustenance of the position of the analyst as a presence - a point of convergence that allows the insertion of the psychoanalyst in the aforementioned work contexts.

Keywords: psychoanalysis; presence; body; analyst; clinic