As Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey brings Homer’s epic to new audiences, Rosemary Davies’ "Oedipus and Odysseus: A clinical exploration of mythical Penelope’s weaving as illustrative of André Green’s Dead Mother complex" will be made freely available for a limited time.

✨ Issue 3 of Volume 107 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis is out now!

🍂 Coming up in October: IJP Autumn Study Meeting Save the date and reserve your place for our next Study Meeting on Saturday 17th October, from 2–4pm (UK time), featuring Rosemary H. Balsam discussing her paper "The Echo of Narcissus: An 'As-If' Experience" (Vol. 107, Issue 3, IJP).

The IJP Study Meetings continue this October with a conversation around Rosemary H. Balsam’s paper, "The Echo of Narcissus: An 'As-If' Experience," originally published in Volume 107, Issue 3 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis.

📝 Register now and join us for the IJP Autumn Study Meeting, where Rosemary H. Balsam will discuss her paper, "The Echo of Narcissus: An 'As-If' Experience," published in Volume 107, Issue 3 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 📅 Saturday 17 October 2026 ⏰ 2:00–4:00 pm UK time 💻 Online

✨ Issue 2 of Volume 107 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis explores memory, embodiment, reverie, play, guilt, psychoanalytic perspectives on Gaza, and contemporary debates around authority, education, and the future of psychoanalytic training in an increasingly digital world.

🔔 Coming up next month: IJP Summer Study Meeting Join us on Saturday 20th June from 2–4pm (BST) for our next Study Meeting, featuring Michael Feldman discussing his paper Adjusting the Distance (Vol. 105, 2024, IJP), with discussants Kay Long and Elizabeth da Rocha Barros.

The IJP Study Meetings continue this June with a conversation around Michael Feldman’s paper, "Adjusting the Distance", originally published in Volume 105 (2024) of the IJP. Michael Feldman will be joined by discussants Kay Long and Elizabeth da Rocha Barros for an online discussion!

📝 Register now and join us on the 20th June for the next instalment of the IJP's Study Meeting series, in which Michael Feldman will be discussing his paper, "Adjusting the Distance" 📅 Saturday 20 June 2026 ⏰ 2:00 to 4:00 pm BST 🎟 Registration via IOPA and PaDS (free for IJP subscribers)

✨ Issue 1 of Volume 107 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis opens with “The Vital Feminine – The Maenads,” Francis Grier’s reflection on the new cover. It brings together papers focusing on the feminine, myth, and psychic vitality alongside themes of trauma and migration.

🇳🇴 At the end of last month, the 39th Annual European Psychoanalytical Federation Conference, “Neutrality – Neutralität – Neutralité,” took place. Our thanks to the organizers and hosts for such a welcoming event — we had a wonderful time in Oslo. Here are some impressions from the IJP Board ✨

🔑 Lastly, Vic Sedlak offers a discussion of Francis Pasche’s paper, reflecting on the challenges and richness of engaging with a text shaped by the French psychoanalytic tradition.

🔑 Following this, Nathalie Zilkha revisits Francis Pasche’s "From the Ambivalent Superego to the Impersonal Superego", tracing the transformation of the ego–superego relation from admiration and idealisation toward an impersonal, apophatic form. Read now at pep-web!

🔑 In the Key Papers section, this edition holds special significance. As section editor Bernard Reith notes, it introduces the last paper selected by the deeply missed former Editor-in-Chief Dana Birksted-Breen. Her choice: Francis Pasche’s "From the Ambivalent Superego to the Impersonal Superego"

Join us on March 27th at the EPF Conference for "The Annuals of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis" panel, held in memory of Jean-Michel Quinodoz. 🗓 March 27, 2026 ⏰ 17.30–19.00 🎙 Chair: Francis Grier (Editor-in-Chief, IJP) 🗣 Speakers: Monica Bomba, Daniela Luca, Melis Tanik Sivri

🔒 In the Psychoanalytic Controversies section, We Must Publish Material from Our Sessions, So how do We do It Safely? David Tuckett considers how algorithms and future technologies might enable the re identification of anonymised patients. Read now at pep-web!

🔒 Next up Vittorio Lingiardi and Mariana Liotti reframe anonymisation as a process of transforming clinical experience into shareable narrative in "As Fragments of a Vessel: On Anonymisation and the Ethics of Clinical Case Writing". Read now at pep-web!

🔒 Lastly, Aden Evens and Sarah Ackerman in Breadth Psychology reflect on how digital life reshapes personhood and challenges the paradox of confidentiality at the heart of the analytic situation.

🔒 "To Recognise Oneself" by Uta Karacaoğlan presents anonymisation as a multi-stage process: documenting the clinical event, abstracting general insights, and finally shaping a clinical vignette. While patients may still recognise themselves, these steps help prevent third-party identification.

🔒 "What a Tangled WEB we Weave" by Denia G. Barrett examines the ethical tightrope of writing about child and adolescent psychoanalysis. In a digital age where almost anything can be found, preserving patient and family confidentiality is more challenging than ever.

🔒 In the Psychoanalytic Controversies section, Confidentiality, Anonymisation and their Digital Discontents takes a close look at how digital life complicates the foundational ethics of psychoanalysis. First up, "Is Anonymisation Possible?" by John Churcher.

🧩 Concluding the Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique section, Franco De Masi and Gabriella Giustino examine sensoriality in development and psychopathology. In healthy development, sensoriality precedes thought, shaping the mind’s early engagement with the world. Read now at pep-web!

🎶 Continuing in Issue 6 in the Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique section, Sebastian Leikert explores voice, body-self, and trauma in the analytic space. From the mother’s voice in the womb to the echoes of ritual and music, voice carries emotions beyond words. Read now at pep-web!

🧠 Opening Issue 6 in the Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique section reflects on Alessandra Lemma’s notion of the meniscus of the self in technogenetic times. When reflection becomes surface bound, coherence can come at the cost of depth.

✨ Issue 6 brings together Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique, Psychoanalytic Controversy, Key Papers, Clinical Dilemmas, IPA Congress Panel Reports, and Book Reviews, with a strong focus on ethics, anonymity, the superego, trauma, and the conditions of analytic work in digital contexts.

🔔 Coming up next week: IJP Winter Study Meeting Join us on Saturday 14th February from 2–4pm (GMT) for our next Study Meeting, featuring Jill Salberg discussing her thought-provoking paper "Crises and Enactments While Ending Treatment " (Vol. 105, Issue 4, IJP).

Jill Salberg with discussants Lesley Steyn and Stefano Bolognini 💬 14 February 2026 2:00 to 4:00 pm BST ⏰ Online via Zoom 💻 --- Go to buff.ly/9fCIzbi or visit buff.ly/AXJ9Yys to find out how to subscribe to the International Journal of Psychoanalysis.

📝 Register now to join us online next Saturday! 📅 Saturday 14 February 2026 ⏰ 2:00 to 4:00 pm GMT 💻 Online via Zoom 🎟 Registration via Eventbrite and PaDS (free for IJP subscribers) More info at www.theijp.org/study-meetings

🔔 Coming up next month: IJP Winter Study Meeting Join us on Saturday 14th February from 2–4pm (BST) for our next Study Meeting, featuring Jill Salberg discussing her thought-provoking paper "Crises and Enactments While Ending Treatment " (Vol. 105, Issue 4, IJP).

Jill Salberg with discussants Lesley Steyn and Stefano Bolognini 💬 14 February 2026 2:00 to 4:00 pm BST ⏰ Online via Zoom 💻 --- Go to buff.ly/9fCIzbi or visit buff.ly/AXJ9Yys to find out how to subscribe to the International Journal of Psychoanalysis.