About New Associations
New Associations is a tri-yearly magazine written for and by those interested in psychoanalytic thinking. It focuses on bringing psychoanalytic and psychodynamic thinking to social, cultural, and political issues, while interrogating psychoanalysis itself as an object and a practice. The magazine will continue to address topics relating to clinical practice and the profession, particularly with regards to the interrelation between what goes on inside the consulting room and the psychosocial context. The magazine is published by the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). The BPC is the United Kingdom’s leading professional organisation for psychoanalytic and psychodynamic clinical practitioners and holds a Professional Standards Authority accredited Register.
New Associations publishes pieces of 1,000 and 2,000 words by new and experienced authors in our psychoanalytic and psychodynamic community. The magazine also publishes interviews and fiction/poetry/film/theatre/exhibition reviews. Authors include BPC and non-BPC members from the UK and around the world, and we welcome suggestions for articles as well as commissioning pieces. The magazine is available in print and online and is free to the BPC’s 2,500+ members. Non-BPC members can subscribe to the print edition. Back issues are available for free on the BPC’s website one year after publication.
Mailing Dates:
SPRING issue (mailed late March/early April)
SUMMER issue (mailed late July/early August)
WINTER issue (mailed late November)
New Associations is widely regarded as one of the liveliest publications in the psychoanalytic field with contributions from the professions' leading thinkers and change makers
How can I read it?
BPC Registrants and Scholars automatically receive New Associations. If you’re not currently a BPC Registrant or Scholar but would like to receive a printed copy of the magazine, as well as our monthly eNewsletter, you can join the Friends of the BPC membership category.
For £55 per year (or £70 for non-UK residents), you will receive:
- A monthly eNewsletter that provides timely updates on the latest events and publications, as well as information about the BPC and our work
- A termly copy of our highly-regarded, printed magazine, New Associations
To sign up to the Friends of the BPC category and receive our magazine and eNewsletter, complete this form.
Proposing a Piece
We are keen to hear from people interested in writing for New Associations. We welcome writing by people working in any psychoanalytic or psychodynamic tradition. If you have an idea for an article or review or someone you would like to interview, the Editors-in-Chief would be delighted to hear from you: noreen.giffney@bpc.org.uk or emmanuelle.smith@bpc.org.uk. If you are not a member of the BPC or have not written for publication before, that is no problem. We would encourage you to contact us to discuss your idea.
Environmental impact
We are working to reduce its impact on the environment. New Associations is printed on environmentally friendly paper using plant based inks and is distributed in paper envelopes.
Voices
New Associations is committed to involving a wide range of voices from the psychoanalytic and psychodynamic community. Like the BPC, it opposes any discrimination of any kind. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination on the basis of age, race, gender, ethnic origin, religious belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, and position in professional hierarchy.
Views expressed in New Associations are not necessarily those of the BPC nor of New Associations editors.
