Couple Narratives and Adult Attachment - Using Conversation Analysis in Assessment

1953-2013 completed her MSc in Clinical Psychology at the Free University, Berlin, in 1982 and worked initially as a scientific researcher at the Max Planck Institute and as a child therapist in Berlin until 1987. After further studies in New York and London she graduated with an MA in Dance Movement Therapy from Hahnemann University/Laban Centre London in 1992. Between 1988 and 2003 she worked in adult psychiatry as a clinical psychologist at St Clements Hospital in East London whilst also training as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Lincoln Centre for Psychotherapy, London. From 2003, as Consultant Lead Adult Psychotherapist at the Department of Psychotherapy, St Bernard's Hospital, West London, she contributed to the development of borderline personality disorder services and postgraduate training. She served on the Registration Committee of the British Psychoanalytic Council from 2006 to 2012. The research reported here formed part of her Clinical Doctorate studies at the University of Essex/Tavistock Centre which she completed in 2011. The dissertation has been prepared for publication by Laurence Higgens, her husband, with the assistance of Dr Georgia Lepper and Dr Avi Shmueli, both of whom supervised the original research.