critical theory with slavoj zizek: In ego-psychology the aim of the analytical cure is to get rid of the dirty water (symptoms, pathological tics, etc., i.e., everything that appears as a disturbance) in order to keep the child (ego) as unspoiled as possible, cleansed of all dark spots, whereas the aim of the Lacanian cure is to throw out the child (to suspend the analysand’s ego), so that the analysand is confronted with his “dirty water,” with symptoms and fantasies which organize his/her enjoyment.