Editorial

This issue includes more papers than you would normally have been used to. This reflects a significant increase in the number of submissions which we receive. Our June collection covers a wide range of topics, and we are proud that so many authors now choose the Journal of Analytical Psychology for publishing their research. We are confident that each reader will find articles of particular interest to them. Herein you will find papers exploring diverse themes: childhood trauma, autism, ethical transgressions in the consulting room, ageing, transgenerational trauma, language, and not least, neuroscience and archetype theory.

In “The Deal With Wolves: A Case History”, Julian Masters' clinical paper traces the analytic journey of “Kathleen,” a woman whose childhood trauma, sibling scapegoating, chronic illness, and later diagnosis of high-functioning autism shaped a profound split between her outer adaptation and inner psychic life. Centred around a recurring childhood dream of wolves that demand a trade—the soles of her feet in exchange for survival—the paper explores how this symbolic sacrifice represents the loss of agency, embodiment, and instinctual vitality needed for psychic survival. The analyst and patient together examine dreams, synchronicities and the gradual recognition of autism as both burden and protective structure, all of which allows Kathleen to begin reconnecting with disowned aspects of herself. Masters' paper chronicles how analytic treatment can restore both voice and a symbolic life, allowing trauma and neurodivergence to become part of individuation rather than defaulting to exile.

In her courageous paper, “The Training Complex: Shattering of the Coniunctio, Boundary Violation, and Sibling Turbulence on the Horizontal Plane”, Anne Marie Allen examines the psychic devastation caused when an analyst commits an ethical boundary violation with a fellow trainee, shattering both the analytic relationship and the wider training community. Turning to Ju