The American Journal of Psychoanalysis is an international psychoanalytic quarterly of the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. The AJP is a member of the International Council of Editors of Psychoanalytic Journals.
Founded in 1941, the now 86-year-old journal continues our cherished tradition of the free exchange of thoughts and ideas, and the investigation and discussion of a diversity of opinions in psychoanalysis. The journal first flourished under the editorship of Karen Horney, MD (1941-1952) and after her it was nurtured and guided by the editorships of Harold Kelman, MD (1953-1960 and 1962-1969), Ralph Slater, MD (1961-1962), Helen DeRosis, MD (1969-1985), Mario Rendon, MD (1985-1991), Douglas Ingram, MD (1991-2000), and Giselle Galdi, PhD (2000–2025). They were all committed to the highest levels of excellence and respect for the founding members’ wishes to be a forum to communicate the best ideas of psychoanalysis in a spirit free from dogma. The current Co-Editors, Lisa A. Mounts, LCSW, and Michele A. Muñoz, PhD, are informed by the both the past and the present, by those who worked before, and by those who continue to work with the AJP.
The AJP owes its ongoing vitality to the countless authors whose works have made our journal an invaluable source for clinicians, researchers and students of human sciences for all these decades and the indispensable work, expertise and support of its dedicated Associate Editors, Section Editors and the Editorial Board:
Editorial Board
Co-Editors
Lisa A. Mounts, LCSW
Michele A. Muñoz, PhD
Editor-at-Large
Endre Koritar, MD
Associate Editors
Benjamin Kilborne, PhD
Ian S. Miller, PhD
Robert Prince, PhD
North American Editorial Board
Behdad Bozorgnia, MD
Marilyn Charles, PhD
Seiso Paul Cooper, PhD
Harold Covitz, PhD
Judy K. Eekhoff, PhD
Henry J. Friedman, MD
Joann Gerardi, PhD
Nancy Goldman, LCSW
Caron Harrang, LICSW
Cuneyt Iscan, MD
Naomi Janowitz, PhD
James B. McCarthy, PhD
Margaret Parish, PhD
Christie Platt, PhD
Mark F. Poster, MD
Virginia Rachmani, LCSW
Jeffrey Rubin, MD
Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD
John Tavares, MD
Leland van den Daele, PhD
Robert T. Waska, PhD
International Editorial Board
Marco Bacciagaluppi, MD, Italy
Emanuel Berman, PhD, Israel
Antal Bókay, PhD, Hungary
Carlo Bonomi, PhD, Italy
Franco Borgogno, PhD, Italy
Nilofer Kaul, PhD, India
Luis J. Martín Cabré, PhD, Spain
Galina Hristeva, PhD, Germany
Kathleen Kelley-Lainé, France
Judit Mészáros, PhD, Hungary
Clara Mucci, PhD, Italy
Rui Aragão Oliveira, PhD, Portugal
Cecilio Paniagua, MD, Spain
Moshe Halevi Spero, PhD, Israel
Judit Szekacs-Weisz, PhD, United Kingdom
Aya Zaidel Aboody, PhD, Israel
Advisory Board
Salman Akhtar, MD
Axel Hoffer, MD
Peter L. Rudnytsky, MD
Vamik D. Volkan, MD
On the Arts Editor
Judith E, Vida, MD
Book Review Editor
Riva L. Tait, PhD
Meetings Editor
Jill Zalayet, DSW
Archives Editor
Milena Kazakov, LCSW
Office of the Editor
Elizabeth S. Taylor
Founding Editor
Karen Horney, MD (1941-1952)
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Giselle Galdi, PhD
Past Editors
Harold Kelman, MD
Ralph Slater, MD
Helen A. DeRosis, MD
Mario Rendon, MD
Douglas H. Ingram, MD