The unconscious? The Oedipus complex? The castration

complex? Neurosis? The objet a ?

What are they?

And what does one say to an analyst? What happens

during an analysis?

For those asking questions about psychoanalysis,

Confessions from the Couch gives clear and simple

answers.

The principal psychoanalytical notions, both Freudian

and Lacanian, are explained and illustrated with chosen

extracts from actual analytical sessions.

Valérie Blanco has brilliantly used an everyday language

to explain concepts that can be difficult to grasp.

This book is accessible to everybody. It offers a riveting

opening into psychoanalysis and allows the reader a

glimpse of actual psychoanalytical practice.