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As incoming Co-Editors in Chief, we have a near impossible task ahead of us: how do we take the baton from someone who’s run an incredible race and keep up the pace? We are of course referring to the fact that effective January 1, 2025 and after 12 years, Susan Warshaw has stepped down from her position as Editor in Chief of this journal.
Together with Kirkland Vaughans, Sue created JICAP and made it what it is today: a thriving enterprise with an ever-increasing readership, placement in over 22,000 libraries around the globe and a burgeoning national and international reputation as a preeminent destination for theoretical and empirical writings in the field of psychodynamic psychotherapy with young people. As a founding member of the Foundation Board, Sue provided crystal-clear thinking, guiding the journal’s direction. She has helped establish and elevate its standards and attracted some of the leading figures in the field to publish with JICAP and serve on its editorial board.
It is more than safe to say that Sue has done all this while being a clear leader in advocating for our field and for children in general. She has and continues to serve on and lead numerous boards and committees within APA, NYSPA, Division 39 and Section II of Division 39, and is the rare person who can play these roles in the most politically charged arenas of our field without ever wavering from the educational mission of the journal. She has therefore always placed the child and their families first, both in her sage wisdom as an Editor in Chief and in her advocacy on their behalf.
These achievements have not come at the expense of her own writing, as she has authored and edited numerous books and papers and offered the field multiple presentations on topics including relational perspectives in child psychotherapy, parent loss, mentalization, mechanisms of change in child psychotherapy and trauma; a powerful and non-exhaustive list of her influence on the field. In addition, Susan has been