Issue 1-218 articlesEditorialEditorialp. 1Maj-Britt WinbergArticlesConvergence, commonality, and context in psychoanalytic supervisionp. 3C. Edward WatkinsThe presence of the absence in Kjell Westö’s novel: “Hägring 38”p. 20Susanne LunnOn the development of a benign superego- thoughts arising from psychoanalytical work with children and grownupsp. 27Elisabeth HaapataloExperience of traumatic events and personal myths of birthp. 36Sylvie Le PoulichetBetween a suffering body and a body in a state of need: Aulagnier’s theory of discourses on the body applied to primitive mental statesp. 44Björn SahlbergThe personal role of the psychoanalyst in dealing with the developmental endeavours of the patientp. 52Jukka Välimäki‘The essay method’ a qualitative method for studying therapeutic dialoguesp. 62Sverre VarvinPsychoanalysis and evaluation: a stratified model focused on the uniqueness of the casep. 73Guénaël Visentini, Adrien Blanc & Laurie LauferMental health – a normal state?p. 87Anders ZachrissonBody and mind: two sides of one coinp. 93Cordelia Schmidt-HellerauThe Oedipus myth and its analogues, especially its characteristic manifestation in Finnish folk talesp. 103Kaija Aho EerolaBook ReviewsGudrun Bodin: Set og Forstået. Om det psykoanalytiske rum: Copenhagen, Forlaget Underskoven, 2019, 149 pp., 240 DKK, ISBN 978-87-90767-21-1p. 112Tove TræsdalJudy Gammelgaard: Efter Freud – Erindringsforstyrrelser og andre normale mærkværdigheder, After Freud – Memory Disturbances and Other Normal Remarkabilities (reviewer’s translation of title)p. 114Maria YassaObituariesMATTI BRUMMER (1943 – 2019) OBITUARYp. 118Christel Airas Ja Leena KlockarsIn Memoria of Stefan Bálintp. 119Maria Fitger, Marie-Ange Wagtmann & Ulf StåhlbergIn memoriamp. 120Siri Erika GullestadThe Life of the SocietiesThe scientific activities of the Nordic Societies during the year 2018p. 121