Havazelet

Spent her formative years in Jerusalem where food—how it was prepared and by whom—featured large in the dynamics of the extended family. When later her parents settled in the UK, food—what she could eat and what was not to be eaten—was again a key feature, but this time as signifier of her Jewish identity. Tamar's initial training in organic chemistry led to successful careers both in academia and in industry, but she subsequently re-trained in the profession to which she had originally felt drawn. She is now an integrative psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in private practice in London.