Ursula Longstaff Bowlby (1916-2000): The Creative Inspiration behind the Secure Base

Has worked in the mental health field for over thirty-five years. He is a Consultant Psychotherapist at The Balint Consultancy in London, and he is Senior Fellow at Tavistock Relationships, at the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology in London and, also, Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London, and, since 2009, Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Media, Culture and Language in the School of Arts at the University of Roehampton. He has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with The Bowlby Centre, having served as its Consultant in Psychology and Psychohistory since 1992, and as a Member, Training Therapist, and Training Supervisor. He is the author or editor of eight books, including the prize-winning D. W. Winnicott: A Biographical Portrait, which received the Gradiva Award, as well as Sex and the Psyche, which became a Waterstone's Non-Fiction Bestseller as well as a featured title in The Sunday Times Book Club. Most recently, he has published Life Lessons from Freud in the School of Life/Pan Macmillan series “Life Lessons from Great Thinkers” and, also, Tea with Winnicott. A trained historian, he serves as Co-Editor of the Karnac Books “History of Psychoanalysis Series”, and also, as a Trustee of the Freud Museum, London. His latest historically-orientated books, due for imminent publication, include Coffee with Freud and Winnicott's Anni Horribiles: The Creation of ‘Hate in the Counter-Transference’. He maintains a practice in Hampstead, North London, for individuals and couples.