Notes on Contributors

Carl Bagnini is a founding faculty at the International Psychotherapy Institute in Washington, DC and teaches at three other psychoanalytic institutes. He is a featured presenter in the US and internationally on object relations topics. Carl's most recent publication is: Object-Relations Therapy with Couples, In: D. K. Carson, & M. Casado-Kehoe (Eds.), Case Studies in Couples Therapy: Theory-based Approaches. London & New York: Routledge. Carl's private practice is in Port Washington, NY (US).

Jenny Berg is a Consultant Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychiatrist working in Sydney, Australia. She has been part of a private multidisciplinary clinic for over fifteen years where children, couples, and families are worked with collaboratively. She has co-authored with colleagues a number of papers on working with families and couples. She is a Founding Member and is currently President of the Couple and Family Psychotherapy Association of Australasia which promotes object relations thinking with couples and families. She teaches and supervises child psychiatrists, psychiatrists, and General Practitioners.

Barbara Bianchini is a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist who works with individuals, couples, and groups. She is a Full Member of BSCPC, Member of the Scientific Committee of IACFP, and a Founding Member and President of ARCIPELAGO, Centro Studi Psicoanalitici per la coppia e la famiglia in Milan. She teaches ‘Couple and Family Therapy' at COIRAG (Confederation of Italian Organizations for Analytical Research into Groups) postgraduate School of Psychotherapy and is co-author of publications on couple and family psychoanalysis.

Marion Bower is a Consultant social worker at the Child and Family Department, Tavistock Clinic. She is a BPC registered Adult Psychotherapist and a member of the Editorial Board of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis. Her publications include Psychoanalytic Theory for Social Work Practice: Thinking Under Fire . London: Routledge.

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