Contributors

Aileen Alleyne is a psychodynamic psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and researcher in private practice. She is also a visiting lecturer at several training institutes, and organizational consultant to teams addressing issues of, and conflict about, race and cultural diversity in workplace settings. She is the author of several book chapters and articles exploring themes on black/white dynamics, shame, and black identity wounding. Correspondence: E-mail: aileen@kisskadee.com.

Orit Badouk Epstein was born and raised in Israel before immigrating to London in the 1980s. She is a psychotherapist in private practice in North London. She has a particular interest in working with clients with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and with parents. Orit is the publicity co-ordinator for CAPP. Correspondence: E-mail: orit_badouk@hotmail.com.

U. A. Fanthorpe was the first woman ever to be nominated for the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry, and in 2003 was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. She trained as a teacher. She was head of the English department at Cheltenham Ladies' College when she felt her life was in crisis. Against the advice of her family, she quit teaching to take a job as a clerk in a hospital for neuro-psychiatric patients. Within days, she knew that she had to bear witness to what the patients were experiencing. Her first collection of poems, Side Effects, was published in 1978 about the lives of the patients she saw. (From Desert Island Discs, May 2007.)

Victoria Hamilton was born and educated in Scotland. She studied painting and design at Glasgow School of Art and philosophy at University College, London. She trained in child and adult psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic, post graduate studies at University College, London, completing her psychoanalytic training in Los Angeles. She worked in the NHS and the ILEA in London before emigrating to the USA, where she lectured and worked in private practice for twenty-five years in Los Angeles. She is