Author biographies

Francesco Bisagni, a psychiatrist, was trained as a Jungian analyst at the Centro Italiano di Psicologia Analitica (CIPA). He completed his training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist according to the Tavistock model at the Associazione Italiana di Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica Infantile (AIPPI), of which he was a full member from 1998 until 2007. He is presently a full member and training analyst at CIPA – Centro Italiano di Psicologia Analitica (IAAP Member). He is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) in the United States. He has taught for many years both in Italy and abroad and has had his works published in Italian as well as in international journals. He is in private practice as a psychoanalyst and child psychotherapist in Milan.

Vera Regina Jardim Ribeiro Marcondes Fonseca is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, working since 1981 with children with autistic disorders. She is a full member, supervisor and training analyst of the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo. Her doctoral thesis was about a psychoanalytic and ethologic interdisciplinary approach to interpersonal relationships in autistic disorders. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of São Paulo, studying mother–infant interactions in postpartum depression. She is supported by FAPESP's research fund in São Paulo, Brazil.

Kim Gabriel Hansen is a specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy in Denmark. He works in private practice where he teaches and supervises psychological assessment and psychotherapy with adults and children. He has specialised in personality performance tests and research.

Tine Heede is chief psychologist at the Nebs Møllegård residential home for deprived and traumatised children in Denmark, and she is a specialist and supervisor in child psychology. She is Chair of the board of education in psychoanalytical psychotherapy with childre