Mental collapse, traumatic seduction, distorted memory, melancholy and suffering, the shattered body, the wounds of love, psychological compulsions... Here are the many traumas experienced within the context of despair that mark the work of analysts.
This work is undertaken so that the individual who comes to meet us can live better, but also to better discover the creative possibilities hidden within a desire for life. It takes time, often a long time, for the permissible psychic desire for death, sometimes real, to be transformed into a desire for existence.
ELSA SCHMID-KITSIKI Through sessions with different individuals "lost" in the darkness of despair, ELSA SCHMID-KITSIKI shows us how the analyst helps the patient discover the thread of Ariadne that will lead them to the desire for life.
