Dear Readers,

I hope you enjoy this new issue of the Self Psychology Newsletter. Please surf through it, find what interests you and, if you prefer to read print on paper, follow the directions that will allow you to print it out.

I have enjoyed editing the Newsletter over the past five years and I want to let you know that after this issue I will no longer be its editor. I will be shifting my energies to developing our new interactive eJournal, Psychology of the Self Online (www.psychologyoftheself.com).

I want to take this opportunity to thank all those who have helped me with the Newsletter over these past five years, especially Joe Lichtenberg, who initially conceived of the Newsletter and had the confidence to ask me to edit it. I have had a terrific staff of regional and section editors with whom to work. I send my thanks and appreciation to Shelly Doctors, Phil Ringstrom, Dori Sorter, Chris Keiffer, Bill Coburn, Judy Pickles, Ros Kindler, Jackie Gotthold, Dennis Shelby, Ron Bodansky, and Renee Siegel. Finally, I thank Hope Dector, our creative and reliable webmanager who has helped us switch to webpublishing in an easy and graceful way.

Allen Siegel