Notes on Contributors

Maureen Boerma, MSc, is former director of training at Tavistock Relationships, London, where she also worked as a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist, supervisor, clinical seminar leader, and tutor. She has a background in sexual and reproductive health and in community mediation.

Christopher Clulow, PhD, is a consultant couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist, Senior Fellow of the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, past director of Tavistock Relationships, London, and Fellow of the Centre for Social Policy, Dartington. He has published extensively on partnerships, parenthood, and couple psychotherapy, most recently from an attachment perspective. He is editor-in-chief of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, series editor for the Library of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, and editorial board member of the International Review of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis. He maintains a clinical and training practice in London and his home town of St. Albans.

Julie Friend is a member of the Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Group, and has served as program chair of their Intensive Study Program since 2010. She is a member of the editorial board of the journal Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, has served as supervisory staff at several local training institutions, and is a member of Section VIII of Division 39. She has published in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, Fort Da, and Viewpoint. She has a private practice including individuals, couples, and professional consultation in Berkeley, California.

Cynthia Gregory-Roberts is a clinical social worker and a couple and family psychoanalytic psychotherapist in Sydney, Australia. She is the former English secretary of the International Association of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis and co-founder and vice president of Penthos, a mental health charity that provides free short-term couple therapy to grieving parents. She co-edited the book Psychoanalytic Approaches to Loss: Mourning, Melancholia and Couples and has co-autho