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  • About Us: Corpo Freudiano Vancouver

    Following our desire, the Lacan Salon declares itself a School of Psychoanalysis, committed to the transmission of psychoanalysis and the formation of analysts in Vancouver. We are sustained by the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, and associated with Corpo Freudiano, a psychoanalytic school founded in 1994 in Brazil.  The unconscious speaks and can be listened to. We aim to produce a psychoanalytic style that privileges singularity, criticality, community work,…

  • Board of Directors

    Dr. Hilda Fernandez-Alvarez (President) is a Vancouver-based Lacanian psychoanalyst with over 30 years of clinical experience in public and private settings in both Mexico and Canada. Her doctoral research analyzes trauma and healing discourses in public mental health institutions. A co-founder of the Lacan Salon in 2007, she continues to serve as its president and has led clinical seminars since 2015. She is also an associate of Simon Fraser University’s Institute for…

  • Contact Us

    Welcome to the Corpo Freudiano Vancouver: Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis contact page! We’re thrilled to connect with fellow enthusiasts of psychoanalysis and subjectivity. We have several activities and events you can take part of, with many more to come in the near future. We meet regularly ever second Tuesday for our well know Lacan Salon, in a hybrid format, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Pacific Time, in Zoom as well as Room 2205…