En nuestras oficinas estamos constantemente llamados a asistir a la relevación de socorro solicitado y, en consecuencia, disminuir el sufrimiento de aquellos que vienen a nosotros. Esta vez, estamos llamados a menudo para actuar como promotores de cambio psíquico. En estos casos, es el psicoanalista dilucidar la labor de análisis sólo es, como tal, cuando la asociación entre el psicoanalista y el análisis está trabajando en colaboración hacia un cambio transformacional, sustancial y legítimo. Palabras clave Cambio psíquico, Psicoanálisis, Caso clínico ABSTRACT THE LIMITS OF DESIRE FOR PSYCHIC CHANGE In our offices we are constantly called to attend to the distress relief sought and, consequently, decrease the suffering of those who come to us.We are often called upon to act as promoters of psychic change. In these cases, it is up to the psychoanalyst to elucidate that the analytical work is only as such when the partnership between psychoanalyst and patient is working collaboratively towards a transformational, substantial and legitimate change. This text deals with the case of a patient whose desire for change was deposited more over the psychoanalyst than of her own. Key words Psychic change, Psychoanalysis, Clinical case