Dear Colleagues,

With our semi-annual IARPP Colloquium beginning soon, on November 7, I invite you to set time aside in these next few weeks to read Peter Shabad’s (USA) paper, “Owing and Being Owed: Shame and Responsibility Toward the Other,” so that you will be able to participate in the discussion.

Our superb moderators, Cathy Hix (Australia) and Shlomit Gadot (Israel), have found Peter’s very fine paper to be particularly fit for our turbulent times. “We hope this paper can engage many in discussion,” they write, “because of its clinical application, the ubiquity of shame both in and out of the consulting room, and the potential the paper has for a psychosocial focus at this crucial time.”

Whether you contribute your own posts or follow along silently, the IARPP Colloquium affords a unique opportunity to delve into theoretical and clinical explorations in conversation with the author, a slate of international panelists, and IARPP members hailing from all over the world. It is always a stimulating and enriching experience. You can read further information about the Colloquium here, and you can access Peter’s paper by entering the Membership section of the IARPP website, here.

This issue of the Bulletin highlights one IARPP member’s book reissue and five members’ recent papers, chapters, and presentations.

Andrew Samuels’ (UK) The Father: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives has been reissued with a newly edited paper by Jung and a new introduction by Samuels situating the father in the current public and political conversation in Western countries. Samuels’ pioneering 1985 work challenged mainstream psychology’s neglect of the vital role of the father, exploring the father archetype, masculinity, gender roles, and the evolving dynamics between men and women.

In recent papers and presentations, Janine de Peyer (USA) discusses the emotional currents, bodily sensations, and inner dialogues that may surface for an analyst when a patient’s compulsive eroticism stirs powerful transference–countertransference dynamics. Michael L. Melmed (USA), exploring the relationships among childhood trauma, creative vitality, and mass media film, considers the function of film for traumatized individuals, binding traumatic residues and accessing, stimulating, and engaging creative-expressive and meaning-making capacities. Michael Korson (USA) has reviewed David Tuckett and colleagues’ recent book, Knowing What Psychoanalysts Do and Doing What Psychoanalysts Know.

Brent Willock (Canada) has written three papers. He explores a child’s archaic anxieties resulting from enduring excessive separation from mother; explicates rageful patients whose anger defends against fears of ceasing to exist; and uses a comparative-integrative analytic perspective to understand children’s and adolescents’ difficulties and facilitate an enlivening exploration of complex clinical material. Joyce Slochower (USA) has written four papers. She considers the place of termination in contemporary psychoanalytic practice; she also discusses recent essays by Diane Friedman and by Robert Grossmark, as well as Winnicott’s “Fear of Breakdown.”

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If you would like news of your own recent publications and/or presentations to appear in the next IARPP Bookshelf, please send the following materials to me at MattAibel@gmail.com by Sunday, January 26, 2026:

• Title of your recent or upcoming publication(s)/presentation(s) (“Recent” denotes within the past year.)
• An abstract or brief description of the content, around 150 words
• Link to a publisher, if applicable, so that members might access or purchase a copy
• Book cover photo or artwork, if applicable
• Digital photo of yourself (jpeg format)
• Professional contact information as you would like it to appear publicly (city/town in which you practice or work and your email address)
• Book authors, please provide a brief bio of 75-90 words
• Presenters, please spell out organizational acronyms and include the location, if in-person

Wishing you well,

Matt Aibel
Editor, The IARPP Bulletin

Matt Aibel, LCSW
New York, NY, USA
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