List of Contributors

Sarah Benamer works as a relational psychotherapist in private practice and has a particular interest in trauma and the body. Prior to training as a psychotherapist she was an independent advocate working to support those in crisis within the National Health Service (NHS) psychiatric system and for people with physical disabilities. Email: Sarahbenamer@aol.com

Andrew Enever is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and EMDR practitioner working in private practice in the West End of London. He was a delegate to the UKCP for The Bowlby Centre between 2000 and 2009, serving as a UKCP officer for five of those years. He is about to commence work overseas with Medecins Sans Frontieres, specialising in the treatment of trauma. Email: aenever@myself.com

Annie Gérald-Webb is a psychotherapist in training in her final year of training with The Bowlby Centre. She was born in France and educated in France, Spain, and Switzerland. After training as a linguist and working in marketing and as a conference translator, she worked as a special-needs assistant in primary and secondary education. She has worked as a bereavement support worker in a cancer hospital for the last six years. She has a special interest in difference, loss and bereavement, and the impact of physical illness on patients and their families. Email:

Stefania Graziosi is a psychologist. She is the head of the Consultorio Familiare (Family Advice Bureau) of the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale in Rome, where she is responsible for evaluating the Coppie Richiedenti Adozione (couples applying for adoption, national as well as international). Among her activities in the Consultorio Familiare, she leads groups with members of the adoptive families.

Althea Hayton is a writer and therapist living in Hertfordshire, England. Since 2002, when she discovered that she is a surviving twin, she has worked exclusively with ‘wombtwin survivors’, that is, people who started life as a twin but their twin died in the womb