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Exploring ‘Dit-Mansion’ for ‘Dimension’ in Seminar IV & L’Étourdit : 15th February 2025 : Julia Evans

Note, an example of the use of dit-mansion in L’Étourdit 14th July 1972 is given at the end This explores the possibility that Lacan was starting to use his neologism ‘dit-mansion’, transcribed as dimension, in his Seminar IV. The Agency of the Letter (9th May 1957) was given at the same time as the last sessions of Seminar IV. [See ‘Dit-Mansion’ for ‘Dimension’ in ‘Agency/Instance/ Insistence of the Letter’ : 3rd February 2025 : [...]

Julia Evans2025-07-11T16:36:46+01:0015/02/2025|

‘Dit-Mansion’ for ‘Dimension’ in ‘Agency/Instance/Insistence of the Letter’ : 3rd February 2025 : Julia Evans

In revisiting the references for Éric Laurent’s (2021) text[i], Jacques Lacan’s neologism was rediscovered - dit-mansion. [said-mansion or building] This is the quote from Éric Laurent, p49, According to Lacan, the dit-mansion of the letter implies a certain instance) a certain insistence, a certain forcing in order to be included in the signifying weft, and the significations that are deduced from it. The instance, highlighted in the text “Instance of the Letter,” [7] designates [...]

Julia Evans2025-07-11T16:38:58+01:0003/02/2025|

A Submission into Parliament – Statement on Statutory Regulation in Counselling & Psychotherapies : 20th January 2025 : Julia Evans

Statement on Statutory Regulation in Counselling & Psychotherapies : 20th January 2025 : Julia Evans NOTE : This was lost in transit by Royal Mail twice, so finally reached Parliament on Thursday 20th March 2025.The following statement was sent to Ms Layla Moran MP, Chair of Health and Social Care Committee, with this introductory letter: Dear Ms Moran, The link being made between Statutory Regulation & Risk-Free Provision of Counselling & Psychotherapy Attached please find [...]

Julia Evans2025-03-20T14:55:26+00:0020/01/2025|

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Therapy, 1) in the future of NHS Talking Therapies 2) in state therapy with the hollowing out of intersubjectivity : 14th January 2025 : Paul Atkinson

The links for these texts were received on 14th January 2025. Both texts on AI therapy are on the Mental Health Action website: Part 1 Machina Ex Deo: AI and the future of NHS Talking Therapies https://mentalhealthaction.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ai-part-1-p-atkinson.pdf Part 2 Machina Ex Deo: State therapy and the hollowing out of intersubjectivity https://mentalhealthaction.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ai-part-2-p-atkinson-2.pdf Both texts focus on what is happening in the UK and have ramifications for other countries who may follow suit. Both come from [...]

Julia Evans2025-01-21T10:08:55+00:0014/01/2025|

Don’t just do something – The vanishing art of sitting there in counselling & psychotherapy : 9th December 2024 : Andy Rogers

This link is published here as Andy Rogers’ position is alongside a Lacanian position in the transference & he makes many interesting observations. The Link : https://www.andyrogerscounselling.com/therapy-blog/2024/12/09/dont-just-do-something-vanishing-art-sitting-there-counselling-psychotherapy Andy and I (Julia Evans) have been alongside since 2008 as members of the Alliance for Psychotherapy and Counselling. There follows a related list of texts from the Alliance or other members of the Alliance. 2024 The Alliance for Counselling & Psychotherapy : Statement on Statutory Regulation [...]

Julia Evans2024-12-19T16:33:04+00:0009/12/2024|

Voices from the INSIDE (Prisons) : 24th November 2024 : Rona Epstein (Centre for Crime & Justice Studies)

A report from the Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/voices-inside ) on condition in prisons Reasons for linking to this report - it relies on testimonies from individuals – one by one - it is a case study in what systematic inhumanity produces, both in prisoners and prison officers I, Julia Evans, have categorised it under its author’s name, Rona Epstein, & Case Studies, see d) from Other Fields (1 A Lacanian Clinic/A Case [...]

Julia Evans2025-09-29T15:08:50+01:0024/11/2024|

Statement on Statutory Regulation of Counselling and Psychotherapy : 2nd November 2024 : The Alliance for Counselling & Psychotherapy

The Statement that has been sent into the Parliamentary Health & Social Care Committee is available from Statement on Statutory Regulation in Counselling & Psychotherapies : 20th January 2025 : Julia Evans at this site / b) Ethics & Treatments (2 Engagement with beyond/ Government Action)**************************************************************Additional Guardian articles & text were added to this text on 9th November 2024. JE Declaration of interest : I, Julia Evans, have been involved in inputting into the Government [...]

Julia Evans2025-02-06T12:49:13+00:0002/11/2024|

Take it from a psychologist – Rishi Sunak’s callous crusade on welfare will have disastrous consequences : 1st May 2024 : Jay Watts

Targeting people who need support for depression and anxiety will only make these growing problems worse : Opinion Disability - The Guardian : Wed 1 May 2024 13.00 BST Available at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/may/01/rishi-sunak-welfare-support-depression-anxiety Reasons for posting this text It draws attention to the Government’s throwing away those with ‘mental health’ conditions, that is all of us, its subjects. It is clear that the practitioner’s position is against the Government and aligns their position with the [...]

Julia Evans2024-08-16T13:00:15+01:0001/05/2024|

A Guided Extravagance : 6th February 2024 : Éric Laurent

Towards the XIV Congress of the World Association of Psychoanalysts, 22-25 February 2024 (Zoom), “All the world is mad”, see https://congresamp2024.world/tout-le-monde-est-fou/ Circulated From: Secrétaire AMP - Uqbar Wapol Subject: Eric Laurent vers le XIVe congrès de l’AMP Tout le monde est fou - Español, Português, English, Italiano Date: 8 February 2024 at 09:35:24 GMT Translated by Amal Wahbi Available at https://uqbarwapol.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Eric-Laurent-Traductions.pdf&www.LacanianWorksExchange.net /Laurent (February 2024) References -Laurent: In his aphorism, Lacan first evokes the dream, then [...]

Julia Evans2025-05-01T17:12:40+01:0006/02/2024|

Psychopractice Regulation, SCoPEd – Generating Psychotherapathy? : 3rd July 2023 : Denis Postle

Published by The Alliance for Counselling & Psychotherapy [Follow us on Twitter, Tweets from @Alliance4CP] & circulated at https://allianceblogs.wordpress.com/2023/07/03/scoped-generating-psychotherapathy-denis-postle/ Also available at www.LacanianWorksExchange.net /texts by request – ask for password Further on SCoPEd An Examination of ‘Learned Helplessness’ : 11th December 2014 : Julia Evans. See this site /5 Other Authors A-Z (Evans Julia or Index of Julia Evans’ texts) Three leading professional regulatory bodies create a new competence framework : 15th January 2019 [...]

Julia Evans2023-09-12T11:27:11+01:0003/07/2023|

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