A profound formation. in construction. listening
The Método Alma Enlevo is Academia Enlevo's own methodology for teaching psychoanalysis: living theory, an ethics of listening and critical thinking — a solid, structured and progressive journey. You do not study psychoanalysis merely as a concept; you learn to construct a way of listening.
The three dimensions of the method
Theory · Ethics · Thinking.
The Método Alma Enlevo articulates three central dimensions. Each student is guided through a coherent, living and structured journey — and each one builds, at their own pace, their relationship with psychoanalysis.
Living theory
Implicated and questioning reading
Freud, Lacan and contemporary authors studied with depth and clarity. Theory is not treated as a syllabus to be memorized — it is the foundation for thinking and for the construction of listening. Here, to read is to interpret, to question and to dialogue with real life.
Ethics of listening
A space for guided ethical self-confrontation
To listen is not merely to hear. It is to sustain a position before speech, suffering and the singularity of the other. The formation works on responsibility, the place of the analyst, the unconscious, transference, desire and symptom. Ethics is not discourse — it is commitment.
Critical thinking
Horizontal circles of critical listening
To form thinkers. Before any clinical practice, the student must learn to think clinically. Case studies, simulated situations, interpretive exercises, guided reading and critical reflection develop a living psychoanalytic reasoning — without shortcuts or ready-made formulas.
Pedagogical principles
Four decisions that sustain everything.
Depth before speed
Learning psychoanalysis demands time, reading and elaboration. We do not work with easy promises or simplifications that empty the field. Listening needs to mature — and maturation cannot be rushed.
Text before slide
The bibliography occupies the center of the formation. Slides, summaries and supplementary materials are support, but they do not replace the encounter with the foundational texts, concepts and authors of psychoanalysis.
The clinical case as a formative resource
Clinical cases, simulated situations and listening examples bring the student closer to the logic of clinical practice. They are pedagogical resources — they help to understand how concepts appear in listening, in the symptom and in speech.
A community that sustains learning
Study groups, exchanges among students, formative meetings and pedagogical guidance strengthen the path. The formation need not be a solitary journey.
Each student builds their own path.
At Enlevo, the official method is the Método Alma Enlevo — an original pedagogical proposal, living and structured.
The formation respects each student's time and path. The psychoanalytic tradition is acknowledged in its historical importance; and each one builds, throughout their career, the ethical commitments they consider essential — personal analysis, advanced studies, spaces of critical listening and a community of peers are paths that many psychoanalysts choose to follow, and Enlevo supports those who wish to build them.
Here you will find living theory, an ethics of listening, critical thinking, case studies, formative activities and pedagogical guidance — a path built to form thinkers, not repeaters.
Ulisses Alexandre Jadanhi.
A clinical psychoanalyst for over 20 years, criminologist and specialist in forensic psychology. Master in Criminal and Forensic Psychology (Spain) and in Psychoanalysis. Doctoral candidate in Mental Health and postgraduate in Higher Education Teaching. Author of Psicanálise Sem Mimimi and Onde o Silêncio Grita. Proponent of the Theory of Egoic Delegation of Authority (DEA) — and creator of the Método Alma Enlevo.
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The Método Alma Enlevo is realized in the Clinical Psychoanalysis Formation: an online, profound and structured formation that guides the student through the foundations of psychoanalysis, the development of listening and the ethical construction of thinking.