Contributors

Sonya Aleksic has been working as a psychotherapist in private practice for ten years. She operates a small short-term counselling and referral service for a Tottenham GP's surgery. She has a particular interest in providing psychotherapy to people who would not usually have means to access it. Correspondence: SonTel@virgin.net.

Elaine Arnold, PhD, trained as teacher before changing careers to social work, specializing in Psychiatric Social Work and Child Guidance. She practised in both professions in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies and in England. She researched the project of Finding Black Families for Black Children for the Independent Adoption Service and the London Borough of Lambeth. She was social work Students' Unit supervisor in the London Borough of Wandsworth, before teaching MSW students at Goldsmiths College London, and Sussex University for ten years and, after retiring, was Director of Training in Intercultural Counselling for Nafsiyat Intercultural Centre. She researched the sometimes traumatic effects of broken attachments, separation, and loss on mothers and on children as a result of immigration from the West Indies to Britain, utilizing the theoretical framework of Attachment Theory. In 1999 she founded the Separation Reunion Forum, which aims to raise awareness of, and to promote discussion on, the importance of secure attachments of young children and parents or consistent caregivers.

Roger Booth is Associate Professor of Immunology and Health Psychology at the University of Auckland where he is Academic Director of the School of Medical Sciences and Deputy Director of the Medical Programme. As well as teaching extensively in the mind-body area, Roger is involved in psychoneuroimmunological research into the effects of emotions, perceptions, and meaning on immune function and human health. Correspondence: Roger J. Booth, MSc, PhD, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; e-mail: