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We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of International Forum of Psychoanalysis (IFP). When I think of these rewarding 30 years, the early 1990s come to life. At that time, I shared an office with Jan Stensson. I remember our daily meetings. One of the subjects of our dialogue was the need for an international English-speaking journal, reflecting the spirit of the IFPS, a spirit of freedom and unorthodoxy. However, the plans for a new journal encountered opposition both within the IFPS and within our own group, the Swedish Association for Holistic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. A committee was assigned, with members from different societies to investigate the possibilities of an IFPS journal. Most members of the committee voted against a journal, believing that many journals in their languages, English and German, already existed. Jochen Kemper from Brazil and Jan Stensson from Sweden voted for a new journal.
In 1991, the Swedish Association for Holistic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis hosted the IFPS scientific conference in Stockholm. Despite the opposition, the IFPS decided to start a new journal: the International Forum of Psychoanalysis. This was made possible because Jan Stensson had found a publishing company in Sweden that was willing to take the risk of publishing a new journal. Looking back, Jan Stensson (2014) wrote:
In addition, we recruited a group of regional advisers in Germany (Michael Ermann), Spain (Rómulo Aguillaume), the USA (Valerie Tate Angel) and Brazil (first Jochen Kemper and then Eliana Rodrigues Pereira Mendes). We were happy to be assigned a very competent and interested editor from the publishing house, Mona Serenius, who was with us for many years until she retired. Last but not least, we began building up a cadre of editorial readers, who fulfil the important role of peer-reviewing the submitted papers, as well as often giving valuable advice to authors. Another resource in developing the journal has been the interest and advice of