[AnimalMuppet]

> In fact the great empirical paradox of therapy is that they are all similarly successful, regardless of the exact details of the theory they are based on.

But if that's so, isn't that saying that the theory is irrelevant? And if so, why do I care about Lacan? Okay, so he's got a theory. So do lots of other people, and they all work just as well in practice.

[lmt55]

It is saying that the purpose of trying to understand what Lacan had to say is not to achieve empirically proven therapeutic effects, either as a patient or as a therapist, yes.