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  • Oh, well that exists! I forgot about that part of your post.

    Marxist psychotherapists use Lacanian psychoanalysis to encourage class consciousness, and I suppose the “disorder” they’re treating in this case is referred to as “interpellation.”

    As an anarchist, I personally have some pretty strong (negative) feelings and opinions about this modality, but it sounds like what you’re looking for


    Edit: I just remembered we’re in an anarchism comm lol

    Here’s why I don’t like it (copied and pasted from something I wrote before):

    The focus on dense theoretical frameworks and language/symbolic structures as mediators of subjectivity tends to obscure rather than clarify real mechanisms of power and oppression as experienced by individuals, alienating clients who urgently need practical tools for self-determination and mutual aid within oppressive systems.

    More importantly, it seems to inherently reproduce hierarchical, institutionalized patterns within therapy itself, where the therapist positions themselves as an expert interpreter of ideology, rather than facilitating liberatory, horizontal therapeutic relationships.

    As practiced within Marxist-influenced circles (as seen on r/leftistpsychotherapists) it appears to be less about empowering individuals or communities, and more about intellectualizing oppression in ways that ultimately sustain elitism and social control mechanisms rather than dismantling them.


    Granted, I’m in a position where the only people coming to me for therapy are already radicalized. If I worked with libs/fascists, I might be motivated to find a way to implement Lacanian psychoanalysis in a way that feels less elitist

    Edit 2: I’m embarrassed to say I never bothered to look into this from the other side and lowkey just assumed I was alone in this. Check this out! https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/saul-newman-anarchism-and-psychoanalysis#toc3