Author biographies

Teresa Bailey is Head of Child Psychotherapy in a South London CAMHS Service. She is a member of the BAP Training Committee and is Assistant Editor of the Journal. She has a particular interest in depression and trauma in adolescents. She previously worked for many years in the South London and Maudsley Trust and has also worked at Open Door, Young People's Consultation Service.

Susanna Billström is a licensed psychologist at a community-based unit within the department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stockholm County Council, Sweden. She is also a trained child psychotherapist at the Erica Foundation, Stockholm, where she also contributes to research in child psychotherapy. She has a special research interest in child interviewing.

Belinda Blecher is a child and adolescent psychotherapist who works both in Sydney Children's Hospital with under fives and also at the Royal Hospital for Women where she works on the neo-natal unit with mothers and babies. She also works in private practice and runs a small consultancy business that supports preschools in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.

Ornella Caccia is a child psychotherapist, qualified at the Tavistock Clinic in 1982. She lives and works in Rome (Italy). She is a teacher and a supervisor in the courses for child psychotherapists held in Rome by the AIPPI (Italian Association for Child Psychotherapists) and in Florence by the Centro Studi Matha Harris. She works in conjunction with the Tavistock Clinic and the University of East London as academic tutor for courses in observational studies. She has contributed to the Journal of Child Psychotherapy, to the Journal of Infant Observation and to several books and journals edited in Italy.

Gunnar Carlberg, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Stockholm and Director of the Erica Foundation in Stockholm, an institute providing psychotherapy for children and adolescents, professional training at university level, and research. He is a licensed psychologist and