Journal of Analytical Psychology International Conference 2027

This in-person conference invites reflection on the space between analyst and analysand, inner and outer worlds, breakdown and emergence, limits and possibility. Analytic work often takes place at thresholds where emotional experience exceeds symbolisation; where the frame is tested, and where meaning may either be missing, or may emerge or transform. In these liminal spaces, processes of collapse, impasse, and uncertainty coexist with the potential for psychic movement, creative emergence, and metamorphosis.

The conference welcomes papers that engage deeply with clinical work and analytic thinking, including contributions exploring early or unformulated states of mind, shared unconscious processes, somatisation and shared psychosomatic states, transference and countertransference dynamics, and the analyst's capacity to remain present at the limits of what can be held or known.

The conference also recognises that analytic work is always situated within our wider cultural, historical, political and technological context — currently marked by rapid change, increasing uncertainty, and mounting pressure on meaning-making itself. Contributions addressing AI, psychedelics, intergenerational and collective trauma, and cultural upheaval are also welcome.

Proposals of 500 words should be submitted by 31st July 2026 to: Esther Waldron, Managing Editor — esther@thesap.org.uk