Author biographies

Ritva Belt is a medical doctor and a child psychiatrist. She is a trained child group psychotherapist with an advanced special qualification. Her particular interest is in the children of alcoholics in foster care, and their individual or group psychotherapy. She was involved in the project ‘Find the Diamonds’ (2000 – 2003) for drug-dependent mothers and their infants, an early intervention project for children at risk. She is pursuing research into the contents and effectiveness of mother – infant group psychotherapy with substance-abusing mothers. At present she works as a specialist in foster care in the City of Tampere, Finland.

Ann Cebon trained as a child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic in the 1960s. In 1975 she moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she continues to work as a clinician, as well as teaching and supervising both in the public and private sectors. Her interest in the application and uses of infant observation in training has continued and she has led infant observation seminars in various training programs in Melbourne. She has previously written articles for this journal, and articles and book reviews for The Australasian Journal of Psychotherapy.

Pia Eresund has worked for 35 years as a clinical psychologist and child psychotherapist in child and adolescent psychiatry in Stockholm, Sweden. He is now partly retired and working privately, mainly in supervision and teaching. He is a member of the board of the Swedish National Association for Psychotherapists.

Sheila Miller is a consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist who has worked at the Tavistock for many years, with an intervening spell of seven years in South Africa. She has a long-term interest in fostering and adoption and in the general effects of deprivation and trauma. She has held various offices in the Association of Child Psychotherapists.

Mary-Sue Moore earned her doctorate in clinical psychology in 1981, and in 1985 completed her training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy w