The title says it all, right? Psychoanalytic institutes are a dam on the psychoanalytic river; they need to be busted to build a thriving psychoanalytic ecosystem. In this brief talk, I will argue that psychoanalytic institutes are uniquely bad institutions that create iatrogenic effects far out of proportion to any benefit they may provide. They should, consequently, be abolished. The abolition of psychoanalytic institutes opens up numerous radical possibilities–for reparations for trans people harmed by the profession; for a psychoanalysis that is much more involved in multidisciplinary institutions and diverse communities; for a psychoanalysis that is much less invested in, and capable of, coercive control of patients and professionals alike. We need a DIY psychoanalysis; a common, good psychoanalysis.



