Espace analytique

Espace analytique is a French psychoanalytic society and training association founded by Maud Mannoni on 16 October 1994. Its full subtitle, "Association de formation psychanalytique et de recherches freudiennes" (Association for Psychoanalytic Training and Freudian Research), signals its dual mission: the training of psychoanalysts and the pursuit of Freudian research. The association emerged from the dissolution of the Centre de formation et de recherches psychanalytiques (CFRP), which Mannoni had co-founded in 1982 with her husband Octave Mannoni and Patrick Guyomard after the 1980 dissolution of the École freudienne de Paris. Following an internal crisis, Mannoni requested the dissolution of the CFRP in 1994 and established Espace analytique as a new society, which she presided over until her death in 1998. Espace analytique welcomes psychoanalysts of different theoretical orientations. It offers psychoanalytic training, clinical internship placements, and research seminars. Teaching and seminars take place throughout the year, every evening of the week as well as on Saturdays, and colloquia and study days are held regularly. The association also provides a geolocation tool to help the public find a member or practitioner analyst. Its journal, Figures de la psychanalyse, was created by Joël Dor under the title Logos Ananké and directed by him until his death. It is a peer-reviewed biannual journal published under the responsibility of the association, by Éditions Érès, and available online on the Cairn portal. The association is rooted in the French Lacanian tradition, with founding members trained in the teaching of Jacques Lacan, Françoise Dolto, and Maud and Octave Mannoni. In recent years, Espace analytique has been publicly engaged in debates over the regulation of psychotherapy in France, notably opposing the Haute Autorité de santé's February 2026 opinion classifying psychoanalysis among non-recommended approaches for autism care in children and adolescents, and supporting a manifesto for epistemological pluralism in psychiatry.

Espace analytique was founded by Maud Mannoni on 16 October 1994, following the dissolution of the Centre de formation et de recherches psychanalytiques (CFRP). The CFRP had itself been created in 1982 by Maud Mannoni, her husband Octave Mannoni, and Patrick Guyomard, in the wake of the 1980 dissolution of the École freudienne de Paris. After an internal crisis within the movement, Mannoni requested the dissolution of the CFRP in 1994 and established Espace analytique as a new society. In the same year, Patrick Guyomard founded the Société de psychanalyse freudienne (SPF) separately. In the founding text, Maud Mannoni emphasized that, through its subtitle, this "Association de formation psychanalytique et de recherches freudiennes" (Association for Psychoanalytic Training and Freudian Research) stood in continuity with the Centre freudien de formation et de recherches psychanalytiques. She stressed that "it is the plurality of discourses and clinical exchanges that can maintain a place dedicated to training and research." Mannoni presided over Espace analytique until her death in 1998. The association was formed by a group of psychoanalysts from the CFRP, trained in the teaching of Jacques Lacan, Françoise Dolto, as well as Maud and Octave Mannoni. Espace analytique welcomes psychoanalysts of different orientations of thought. It offers psychoanalytic training, clinical internship placements, and research seminars. Teaching and seminars take place throughout the year, every evening of the week as well as on Saturdays, and colloquia and study days are held regularly. The association also provides a geolocation tool to help the public find a member or practitioner analyst. Its journal, Figures de la psychanalyse, was created by Joël Dor under the title Logos Ananké and directed by him until his death. It is a biannual peer-reviewed journal published under the responsibility of the association, by Éditions Érès, and available online on the Cairn portal. In the 2020s, Espace analytique has been active in public debates concerning the regulation of psychotherapy in France. In its editorial for September/October 2026, the association noted a particularly decisive context for the future of practices, with several legislative and regulatory developments underway, notably texts relating to Centres experts and the opposability of Haute Autorité de santé recommendations. It recalled that in its opinion of 12 February 2026, the HAS classified psychoanalysis among non-recommended approaches in the care of autism in children and adolescents. The association also promoted a manifesto for epistemological pluralism in psychiatry, child psychiatry and psychic care, offering complementary and alternative proposals to Evidence Based Medicine (EBM).

• 2026

  HAS opinion of 12 February 2026 classifies psychoanalysis among non-recommended approaches for autism care; Espace analytique responds and promotes epistemological pluralism.

• 1998

  Death of Maud Mannoni, who had presided over Espace analytique since its founding.

• 1994

  Maud Mannoni requests the dissolution of the CFRP and founds Espace analytique on 16 October 1994.

• 1994

  Patrick Guyomard founds the Société de psychanalyse freudienne (SPF) separately.

• 1982

  Maud Mannoni, Octave Mannoni and Patrick Guyomard found the Centre de formation et de recherches psychanalytiques (CFRP).

• 1980

  Dissolution of the École freudienne de Paris, prompting the creation of the CFRP.

A French psychoanalytic training and research association rooted in the Lacanian and Freudian traditions, open to multiple orientations of thought.

• Figures de la psychanalyse

  A biannual peer-reviewed journal created by Joël Dor under the title Logos Ananké, published under the responsibility of Espace analytique by Éditions Érès and available online on Cairn.

• Psychoanalytic training

  Training programs for psychoanalysts offered by the association.

• Research seminars

  Seminars held throughout the year, every evening of the week and on Saturdays.

• Clinical internships

  Clinical internship placements offered by the association.

1. 1Espace analytique official websiteespace-analytique.org
2. 2Espace analytique — Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Espace analytique — Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org