Re-Visioning Creativity in Couple Psychoanalysis: The Importance of Winnicott and Bollas in Clinical Practice*

Consultant couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and head of research and ethics at Tavistock Relationships. He is the programme leader for the Professional Doctorate in Couple Psychotherapy. He co-wrote (with Christopher Clulow and Harriet Drake) Couple Therapy for Depression: A Clinician's Guide to Integrative Practice (Oxford University Press, 2014) expanding on the evidence-based couple therapy model and training he developed for use in the NHS. In addition to his current focus on clinical research, he has a long-standing interest in the analytic understanding of imagination and creativity. He is a Jungian training analyst at the Society of Analytical Psychology and is a member of the International Advisory Board for Couple and Family Psychoanalysis. He lectures and teaches internationally and has a private practice in North London.