Psychoanalysis, Clinic, and University: Impasses and Possibilities

Abstract

This article takes place in the problematic field regarding the inclusion of psychoanalysis in the context of the university, along with its impasses and possibilities. Our position is defined by the question pertaining university's possible role in the transmission and training in psychoanalysis, based on the effects derived from our experience of clinical practice and supervision as well as institutional debates taken place in a university school clinic. We seek to introduce contributions to this field through a review of conceptual operators and expand a line of dialogue related to our peers’ work on the Brazilian context.