Notes on Contributors

Valerio Bispuri was born in Rome in 1971. After graduating in modern literature or, in Italian “lettere moderne”, he realised that photography was the language through which he wanted to express himself and describe reality. Since then, photography has been his life project.

Jessica Collier is an art psychotherapist and clinical supervisor who has worked with violent offenders in prisons, secure hospitals, and a modified therapeutic community, and continues to work for the NHS with women in prison. Jessica has lectured and published widely on forensic art psychotherapy. She is co-convenor of the Forensic Arts Therapies Advisory Group and co-editor-in-chief of The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy. Jessica has contributed to the training of art psychotherapists as a senior lecturer at the University of Roehampton and visiting lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire.

Ronald Doctor is a consultant psychiatrist in medical psychotherapy and forensic psychotherapy at the West London NHS Trust and has a psychoanalytical private practice. He is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He is a board member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and is a member of the IPA committee for Psychoanalysis and Law.

Angela Foster is a psychiatric social worker, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and an organisational consultant. She worked in therapeutic communities before moving into social work education at Brunel University, then the Tavistock Clinic, where she helped develop consultancy and training in community care. She has remained involved in the work of the Tavistock Clinic as a visiting lecturer on postgraduate courses. Angela has served on the boards of several psychotherapy organisations including the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. As an organisational consultant, supervisor, and individual role consultant, Angela works mainly i