Notes on Contributors

Gordon Alderson is a psychotherapist working in private practice and previously in the NHS. He trained at The Bowlby Centre during its previous incarnation as The Centre for Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. He has worked extensively in forensic settings and as a group therapist in NHS day services and is a training supervisor. He has also worked as a group therapist with refugees and asylum seekers in North London.

Charles Brown is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, training psychotherapist, supervisor, psychodynamic counsellor and addictions therapist. He is a fellow of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. He serves as the Chair of the British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervisors (BAPPS). Charles is the Chair of the Race and Culture Committee at the Council for Psychoanalytic and Jungian Analyst College and a member of the College Executive Committee. He has taught on psychoanalytic trainings and university level students and has been a member of several training committees. He is an honorary associate member of the Association of Group and Individual Psychotherapy. Charles has a particular interest in identity and meaning. He maintains an independent practice in South London.

Julia Buckroyd is a psychotherapist specialising in eating disorders and working in private practice with adults. She supervises therapists working with eating disordered clients and she also runs training courses for therapists and health and education professionals, in working with people with eating disorders. She formerly worked at the University of Hertfordshire and is an Emerita Professor of Counselling. She has published extensively on working with clients with eating disorders. She is currently preparing a book on working with this client group: The Food Fix: How to Work With People Who Manipulate Food for Psychological Purposes.

Konstantina (Dina) Chioni is a psychotherapist specialising in eating disorders and addictions working in group th