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(Accepted for publication 14 of November, 2017)
Since there are many widely read journals of psychoanalysis, why the need of having a Romanian journal in the field publishing articles in one or two world languages? I will start my argumentation from a larger perspective or maybe, in fact, from a closer perspective.
Psychoanalysis is a particular profession. It primarily involves a long and in-depth training based on the individual's personal experience as an analysand, then on supervision, theoretical and clinical seminars, reading… maybe writing? This last component has not actually been considered a requirement except in professional assessments where case reports must be included.
Once formal training is completed, another type of training, a less visible one, commences. A first element is the experience of the analyst. It is not enough. Experience is supplemented with reading psychoanalysis publications: clinical psychoanalysis publications in order to enrich our limited knowledge with the expertise of others and theoretical