Volume 18 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis focuses on the early relationship between mother and child: How should this be understood, and what implications does it have for psychoanalytic theory and practice? The authors examine the transgenerational transmission of early losses through maternal envy, the origins of art in the intersubjectivity between mother and unborn child, and the significance of sensory perception for the psyche. They also demonstrate how teleanalysis can open a window to early forms of desire and conceptualize a maternal alliance aimed at limiting violence among siblings. The second focus addresses the field-theoretical developments in psychoanalysis from Lewin to Civitarese. An essay on the film "First Reformed," which explores regression to primitive mechanisms in the context of the climate catastrophe, concludes the volume. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis is regarded as the most important journal in the field of psychoanalysis worldwide. From this rich repository, International Psychoanalysis annually compiles selected contributions in German translation. Contributions are provided by Lionel Bailly, Danielle Bazzi, Avner Bergstein, Giuseppe Civitarese, Lindsay L. Clarkson, Siri Hustvedt, Jorge Luis Maldonado, Christopher W.T. Miller, Rosine Jozef Perelberg, Donald R. Ross, Jill Salberg, and Stefanie Sedlacek.