On the capacity to hear something other than
From The Lives and Legends of Jacques Lacan, by Catherine Clément
all psychoanalytic practice is based on the ability to hear something other than what the patient says. on the capacity to hear, within the conscious message enunciated by the speaker, the patterns produced by the unconscious. (p. 36)
I’m finding Clément’s uncomplicated way of describing psychoanalysis very enjoyable.