Notes on Contributors

Saima Ali trained in medicine at the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow in Scotland. She completed her foundation training in the North Central Thames region and completed core psychiatric training on the Charing Cross Scheme in West London. She is currently a higher specialist trainee in forensic psychiatry with the West London training scheme and also holds an honorary psychotherapist post at the Parkside Clinic, Kensington and Chelsea Psychotherapy Service. She is enthusiastic about incorporating psychodynamic approaches into psychiatric practice and led on the creation of the Broadmoor Psychotherapy Seminar Series, aimed at psychiatric trainees. She is currently studying for a master's qualification in public health at King's College London.

Christie Coho is committed to increasing social justice for individuals and wider society. This lens informs her therapy work in FGM/C clinics and NHS trauma services, as well as in private practice. She also provides clinical supervision and reflective practice facilitation with non-clinical staff at community-based organisations. Christie has also been a community mental health social worker for over twenty years, having worked mostly in developing services and networks while providing clinical support to young people struggling to transition into adulthood and their families. She holds a masters in social work and is a former national chair/co-chair of the progressive Social Welfare Action Alliance. For many years Christie has used her skills and passion for people's well-being whilst volunteering with people who are homeless, refugees, or otherwise dealing with the impacts of violence. She is currently a volunteer home visitor for Refugees at Home.

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 fo