Le travail des psychanalystes

With treatments by lay persons and by the medical profession, therapies that use speech are many and varied. Although they are normally grouped together under the heading of "psychoanalysis", in France they do not constitute a clearly structured profession. This article describes, from an interactionist standpoint, the historical process, from Freud up to the present, of the internal and external segmentation of the work of psychoanalysts. The first part describes how divisions have opened up around the question of training. Next, the author brings out the main issues discussed in current debates defining the professions that offer treatment via speech