ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes a little mental experiment, a conjecture that will take our problem. It considers the following scenario: national criteria are established for educating analysts; a control system for the application of these criteria is established; the practical benefits and scope of psychoanalytic treatment are delineated; and the conditions for commercialization of this “service” in a secure and free market are determined. It is important to note that the same pressure towards regulation of psychoanalysis is occurring, in countries with differing socio-political conditions and distinct cultures, in relation to the application of psychoanalysis. In Brazil, social assistance, both governmental and through private insurance companies, in the area of psychoanalysis is quite limited. One could counter-argue that this is irrelevant, that the regulation of psychoanalysis manifests only the progress of juridical forms and the transformation required by these modern, “market segment” times of global economics.
