The June 2025 issue of Psychoanalytic Dialogues presents a multifaceted exploration of relational psychoanalysis, thoughtfully curated by editors Stephen Hartman and Lauren Levine. The issue opens with their editorial followed by an introduction, which are both free to read. The next segment features a series of concise essays, starting with Leopoldo Caravedo’s bilingual contributions, “On Attacks on Linking” and “Sobre el Ataque al Vinculo,” offering dual perspectives on Bion’s concept. Giuseppe Civitarese’s “Bion’s ‘Attacks on Linking’ and the Roots of Ethical Life” connects this idea to moral development, while Karim G. Dajani’s “Group Methods for Attacking Thoughts and Mangling Perception” examines collective psychological impacts. Other essays include Chanda D. Griffin’s “Grief and Loss, Hopes and Desires” on emotional processing, Shifa Haq’s “The Ineffable Effable” on unspoken dynamics, Julie Leavitt’s “Unsent Letter to a Father” on personal unresolved ties, Holly Levenkron’s “Attacks on Linking: Musings on Psychic Survival” on resilience, and Noha Sadek’s “Against Literalism: The Sick City, Infanticide, and Attacks on Linking” on symbolic interpretation.
The issue features substantial articles and discussions. Shari Appollon’s “My Mother’s Haiti, Redux” probes colonial trauma’s intergenerational effects, with Andrew Asibong’s “Tu n’as rien vu en Haïti” and Kris Yi’s “De-Pathologizing Colonial Traumas and Colonial Lives” offering critical responses, followed by Appollon’s reply, “A Haitian, a Korean, and a Mixed-Race Black Brit Walk into a Bar.” The “Addenda to Notes from the Field: Therapists Working in Wartime Ukraine,” introduced by Amy Schwartz Cooney (open-access), includes Nelia Narytsa’s “Life Giving Denial: Surviving the Loss of Absolutes,” offering raw insights into psychological survival amidst war.
You can see the full issue with a comprehensive list of articles, here.