Notes on Contributors

Vasiliki Anyfioti trained initially as a Mechanical Engineer in Greece and later acquired a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at INSEAD in France. Her first career, lasting fifteen years, was as a business consultant and sales and marketing executive. Her study of psychotherapy began as a long-term personal passion fuelled by her interest in self exploration and her aspirations as a parent of two young children. This provided the impetus for her to undertake a foundation course in psychotherapy and counselling at Regent's University London. Vasiliki went on to complete her training at Regent's with a Masters in Psychotherapy and Counselling, followed by an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling in 2018-2019, and has fulfilled the criteria for her UKCP accreditation. Throughout her training, Vasiliki worked at two placements in London, offering long-term psychotherapy to adult clients. She also volunteers at an acute female ward at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. She plans to continue with research work as well as to start her own private practice.

Helen Cowie has published widely in the field of developmental and counselling psychology. Her book, co-edited with Carrie-Anne Myers, School Bullying and Mental Health: Risks, Intervention and Prevention, was published by Routledge in 2018 as the first in a new series entitled The Mental Health and Well-being of Children and Adolescents. Her book From Birth to Sixteen was selected by Routledge for a new edition which appeared in 2019. Most recently, she contributed the entry on peer support against bullying for the 2019 Wiley Encyclopaedia of Child and Adolescent Development.

Hugh Crago has lectured in literature, lifespan human development, and counselling at several universities in Australia. He is the author of Couple, Family and Group Work and (with Penny Gardner) A Safe Place for Change: Skills and Capacities for Counselling and Therapy (2nd edn, ), in addition to fiv