It's a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_analysis
Re:Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris
by staticautomatic on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:47PM
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Who dismisses lay analysts in this sense? Not even analysts do anymore (as evidenced by the acceptance of psychologists into analytic programs). You said not involving a "professional." Freud was talking about physicians.
I just meant that, if you want some kind of psychoanalysis, you don't necessarily need to go the professional route. Medically trained psychoanalysts don't really have a clear advantage over lay analysts in terms of insight.
Re:Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris
by staticautomatic on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:04PM
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Oh sure. Agreed.
It's an interesting question, whether there is such a thing. On one hand, Freud himself was a lay analyst. On the other hand, there's probably a reasonably large contingent of (orthodox) analysts who would assert that it can't exist for structural reasons (the setting, the lack of payment, the nature of the relationship, etc.).